In 1918, six months after the Tsar had abdicated, they were murdered by the Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg, as symbols of the old Russia. Childhood and marriage Nicholas was the first child of the later ...

History and modern-day celebration came together to make a festive occasion on Friday (Jan. 30) at the Alexis Imperial Reception. Held at the New Orleans Country Club, the Carnival ball's theme ...

TWO "lost" items bought for young twins by the last Empress of Russia when she stayed in a Yorkshire town have been returned to the area over a century later. Share Article Princess Alix of Hesse ...

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial procession approaching the Cathedral of the Assumption in ...