A new exhibition spotlights Natalia Pavlovna Paley, the granddaughter of a czar. She built a new life for herself in France ...

Under Peter I's descendants of the Romanov dynasty, a "diarchy" of flags emerged in Russia: Along with the white, blue, and red flag, which was regarded as a merchant flag, a black, yellow ...

By the third day, red flags appeared. The tsar ordered the ... And with that nod, 300 years of Romanov rule in Russia came to an end. ♪♪ But what would become of the tsar and his family?

MOSCOW — Gleb Panfilovo’s “The Romanovs: The Imperial Family” will ... Pic’s commercial release in Russia in September should mark the opening of the country’s first multiplex in ...

The quarrel over the succession to the Russian Throne was settled in a family council of the Romanovs held in Paris. According to Grand Duke Alexander, the meetings of the family were called to ...

The Romanov family ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917. They ascended the throne at the end of one of the most critical periods of Russian history, known as the Time of Troubles (1589 Ü 1613).

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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 ...