The saddest case of this must be that of Nicholas II, last of the Romanovs ... and their vain hope of sanctuary with Nicholas’s cousin George V in Britain. It was not to be.

George V favoured his second son Albert 'Bertie' and Albert's daughter Elizabeth 'Lilibet', later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, respectively. He told a courtier: 'I pray to God that my ...

Three Kings at War looks at how cousins King George V, Tsar Nicholas II and Kaiser William II found themselves at the centre of a family feud and a global war ...

Tsar Nicholas II and his family were shot in Yekaterinburg in 1918 MOSCOW, November 30. /TASS/. The Russian Orthodox Church community has some questions about the results of the examinations as ...

The daughters of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia ... eldest son of Britain’s George V. However, Olga expressed a desire to marry a Russian and remain in her home country.

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively. He made poor decisions that led to worsening relations with the government and increased hardship for civilians and soldiers alike. Nicholas ...

On March 8, 1917, protests against food rationing broke out in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), triggering eight days of ...

Tsar Nicholas II was advised by Plehve, the Minister of the Interior, that a national victory would lessen the growing opposition to Tsarist rule. It was an opportunity to heighten patriotic ...