2017 marks 100 years since the start of the Russian revolution which would end in the grisly execution of the Nicholas II, his wife, four daughters and his son. The Hermitage Amsterdam hosts this new exhibition on that fateful year and describes in 7 missteps how it all went wrong for Nicholas. The exhibition opens [read more]
The Russian Orthodox church has announced that the results of the DNA-examinations of the “Yekaterinburg remains”, or better said the remains of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and his family will be announced in the second quarter of 2017. “Very intensive work is going on. The genetic expertise has been held in the best world’s [read more]
As the Hermitage in Amsterdam gears up for their new exhibition: 1917. Romanovs & Revolution items are beginning to arrive in Amsterdam. Over 200 items from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg are coming over, including dozens of intimate pieces from the archives, such as journals, pictures and drawings by the children. A special item is [read more]
A chapel in Simferopol has been consecrated in honour of the Holy Royal Martyrs, Emperor Nicholas II and his family, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, their daughters Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia and their son, Alexei. The chapel houses rare icons and some come from a collection of a former prosecutor of the Crimea. Nicholas II [read more]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything concerning the remains of Tsarevich Alexei and his sister Grand Duchess Maria. The Russian Orthodox Church required addition DNA-testing for their reburial as they and their family are considered to be holy martyrs and passion bearers in the Russian Orthodox Church. Just yesterday a news report came [read more]
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but [read more]
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