The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for centuriesThe family's reign ended in the revolution of 1917This is what happened to the Romanov family What is the true story of the last Romanovs and their ...

The Romanovs, descendents of Peter The Great, were the last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia. Nicholas II – the last Emperor of Russian – and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks on ...

It was a second Russian Revolution, which left Nicholas Romanov and his family in the hands of his most relentless personal enemies. 1 The long-postponed, liquidation of a three-hundred-years-o1d ...

One of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century has been put to rest: DNA analysis of bone fragments has proven that two of Czar Nicholas' children believed to have escaped were killed with ...

In the early 1990s, a group of volunteer diggers near Yekaterinburg found human remains that could have presumably been those of the Tsarist family. In 1998, they were buried in the Romanovs ...

Her new book, The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family, out this week, sets out to answer that question. She spoke with Smithsonian ...

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).

(CNN)-- One of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century has been put to rest: DNA analysis of bone fragments has proven that two of Czar Nicholas' children believed to have escaped were ...