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2 days ago · In late 2015, at the insistence of the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian investigators exhumed the bodies of Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra, for additional DNA testing, which confirmed that the bones were of the couple.
2 days ago · Russia - From Alexander II to Nicholas II: Defeat in Crimea made Russia’s lack of modernization clear, and the first step toward modernization was the abolition of serfdom. It seemed to the new tsar, Alexander II (reigned 1855–81), that the dangers to public order of dismantling the existing system, which had deterred Nicholas I from action ...
2 days ago · Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, romanized: Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881.
3 days ago · A new museum complex is to be constructed in Mogliev, situated in eastern Belarus, about 76 kilometres (47 miles) from the Russian border. The complex will be built on a hill in Gorky Park, next to the Church of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers – the family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, who were canonized as saints in 1981 by the ...
5 days ago · July 1, 2024 by CarolynHarris. On the Infinite Women Podcast with Allison Tyra, I compared and contrasted the experiences and reputations of Queen Henrietta Maria of England, Scotland and Ireland (consort to King Charles I), Queen Marie Antoinette of France (consort to King Louis XVI) and the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (consort to ...
3 days ago · Furthermore, Alexandra and Edward's eldest son, Albert Victor, died in 1892 after contracting an illness during a flu pandemic. Albert Victor's passing devastated Alexandra. Albert Victor's passing devastated Alexandra.
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3 days ago · Peter’s entourage and his successors from the Romanov dynasty always sought blood ties with old German families. The origins of the most famous empresses — Catherine II (born Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst) and the wife of Nicholas II (Alexandra Feodorovna, born Alice of Hesse-Darmstadt) — speak for themselves.
