As the ill-fated Russian dynasty enters the cultural conversation yet again, we take a deeper look at one of the facts The Crown gets right: the house where they were executed. Built in the 1880s as a ...

In 1885, Tsar Alexander III landed on the perfect Easter gift for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna: a bespoke egg commissioned from Peter Carl Faberge, a master goldsmith of the jewelry company ...

On July 17, 1918, the reigning members of Russia's last ruling royal family, the Romanovs—Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and ...

The Romanovs were one of the most photographed families in history, yet those images of happy children and their proud parents are haunting reminders of the tragic fate that awaited them. After Czar ...

More than a century after the Russian Revolution, the downfall of the Romanov dynasty continues to fascinate and enthrall. The story itself, broadly familiar from popular treatments over the years, is ...

Simon Sebag Montefiore's The Romanovs: 1613-1918 poses some initial challenges for the general reader, for whom it's written. At 784 pages (including appendices, maps and illustrations), and covering ...

Russian Czar Nicholas II, Czarina Alexandra and their children were executed by Bolshevik forces in 1918, but it was 75 years before their remains were positively identified. Courtesy Hoover ...

One of Russia’s most intriguing mysteries has added yet another chapter. On July 29 archaeologists announced that they had discovered near Yekaterinburg in the Urals the remains of a young boy and ...