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2 days ago · Tsar Nicholas II was the first cousin once-removed of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich. To distinguish between them, the Grand Duke was often known within the imperial family as "Nikolasha" and "Nicholas the Tall", while the Tsar was "Nicholas the Short".
19 hours ago · His reign started on 1 November 1894 and ended with his abdication on 15 March 1917. Born on 18 May 1868 at Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire, he was the eldest son and successor of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich. (later known as Alexander III of Russia) and his wife Maria Fyodorovna (formerly Dagmar of Denmark).
3 days ago · The new museum will be dedicated to the events of the early 20th century: the First World War, the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, the stay of of Emperor Nicholas II in Mogliev, the Knights of St. George, and the February Revolution of 1917.
4 days ago · The Russian culture magazine PRABABOUSHKA was presented at the Russian House in Paris on July 1. This is a collector’s magazine-book about the connection between the past and the present, traditional values and aesthetics of pre-revolutionary Russia.
2 days ago · On 18 July [O.S. 6 July] 1880, Alexander II married his mistress Catherine Dolgorukova morganatically in a secret ceremony at Tsarskoye Selo. The action scandalized both his family and the court.
Jun 26, 2024 · Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (22 January 1872 – 8 February 1938), of the Glücksburg branch of the House of Oldenburg, was the fourth child and third son of George I, King of the Hellenes, and of Queen Olga.
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4 days ago · In 2003, the reconstructed Amber Room at the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo was opened (the original was removed by the Nazis and disappeared without trace in the 1940s). To the...
