Among them is the blood-stained shirt of Czar Alexander II of Russia (Alexander the Liberator) which he wore in the last hours of his life before his assassination on 13 March 1881. The ceremony ...

Tsar Alexander II of Russia stood at the crossroads of history—after all, his reign paved the way to the fall of the Romanov empire. And when you look at his scandalous life, it’s no wonder ...

(JTA) – A Russian Justice Ministry official repeated a local bishop’s claim that Jews murdered the last czar for ritual purposes ... 1918 slaying of Nicholas II of Russia, said Monday at ...

“Tsar Cyril.” Unlike most expounders of Spirituality, the Grand Duke Alexander ... of Russian emigres who are satisfied: 1) that Cyril intrigued with revolutionaries against Nicholas II ...

This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday unveiling a monument to the tsar in the Crimean city of Yalta. Putin called Alexander III a prominent politician and patriot who bore personal ...

The Romanov family ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917 ... which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 Ü 1894) began a web of railroads that ...