One of the greatest mysteries (and greatest cross-over) of both Imperial Russia and the subsequent Soviet Union was the ...

A dual examination of the decline of imperial Russia and the backdrop against which Rasputin’s influence was enabled ...

Maryland auctioneers Alexander Historical Auctions, known internationally for their sale of historic letters and documents, will offer at auction on Aug. 16 a pair of Russian Romanov Family treasures ...

Grigori Rasputin, a Siberian mystic, rose from poverty to gain immense influence over Russia’s Romanov family, especially Empress Alexandra, by seemingly healing her son. Seen as both a holy man and a ...

The Revenge’ has put focus on the 1978 hit song Rasputin by Boney M. The song is inspired by Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, a ...

Lucy Worsley concludes her history of the Romanov dynasty, investigating how the family's grip on Russia unraveled in their final century. She shows how the years 1825-1918 were bloody and traumatic, ...

On July 22, 1613, Mikhail Romanov begrudgingly took the crown under the vaulted ceiling of Moscow’s Cathedral of the Assumption. The 16-year-old ended Russia’s political instability and launched its ...

* Tsar's family ask Russia to reopen criminal case * Tsar Nicholas II was murdered with his family in 1918 By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The self-proclaimed heir to Russia's imperial ...

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 end ...

* Last Romanov House member born before revolution is buried * Buried in Grand Ducal Mausoleum By Denis Pinchuk ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 3 (Reuters) - Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna, a leading ...