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The Fall of the Romanovs: War, Revolution, and the Execution of the Last Tsar

Russia went to war in 1914 — and it destroyed the monarchy. Soldiers had no rifles, cities had no bread, and Tsar Nicholas II ...

Mad monk who brought down royal family then suffered 'worst ever execution'

Grigori Rasputin was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who was a trusted confidant of the Romanov family ...

Russia opens tourist route reconstructing Romanov family's last journey

Tourists curious about Russia's imperial past can now ride on a special train running through the Ural mountains along the ...