The murder of Rasputin
The unpopularity of Grigory Rasputin could only end in one way, his murder. Many people around him were suspicious when he received an invitation to […]
The Year of the last Romanovs (2018)
The wedding of Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna
It was on 26 November (14 November O.S.) 1894 in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace that Tsar Nicholas II of Russia wed his […]
Olga Nikolaevna – The first-born daughter
Born on 15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1895 in St. Petersburg, Russia, Olga Nikolaevna or Ольга Николаевна in Russian was the eldest child of Emperor Nicholas II […]
The October Revolution 1917
A key event in Russia in the year of the last Romanovs was the October Revolution which, coincidentally, was not in October at all according […]
The martyred Elizabeth Feodorovna
Born on 1 November 1864, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine was born in Bessungen, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Confederation; she was later known Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (or Елизавета […]
The accession of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
It was on 1 November (20 October O.S.) 1894 that the accession of Nicholas II took place in Russia upon the death of his 49-year-old […]