Tsar Nicholas’ aim to serve Christ was therefore more concerned with Asia, especially with Buddhist Asia. He had former Buddhist citizens in the Russian Empire who had converted to Christ, and he knew that Buddhism, like Confucianism, is not a religion, but a philosophy. The Buddhists called ...
tsar ,czar 1.(until 1917) the emperor of Russia 2.Informala public official charged with responsibility for dealing with a certain problem or issue 3.(formerly) any of several S Slavonic rulers, such as any of the princes of Serbia in the 14th century ...
As the Russian Empire crumbles around them, Tsar Nicholas II and his family must contend with political upheaval, personal betrayals, and the looming threat of revolution. With its fascinating insights and haunting performances, this series offers a poignant look at one of history's most infa...
Kashket and Partners history dates back long before the founding of the company to the family occupation as milliners in Russia – the name Kashket itself derives from a hat that became closely identified with the Russian Jewish community. Alfred Kashket made felt hats for Tsar Nicholas II, sh...
The fame from this photo and his earlier photos of Russia's nature and monuments earned him invitations to show his work to the Russian Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich and Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in 1908, and to Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1909. The Tsar enjoyed the ...
The fame from this photo and his earlier photos of Russia's nature and monuments earned him invitations to show his work to the Russian Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich and Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in 1908, and to Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1909. The Tsar enjoyed the ...
I had come up with the idea of building it, it didn't reach its true glory until the time ofCatherine the Great, who enlarged it and filled it with grand and splendid objects. The royals who succeeded Catherine the Great kept living there, right up to Nicholas II, the last Tsar. ...
Born into the doomed Romanov family on June 18, 1901, The Grand Duchess Anastasia's birth was an utter disappointment to her parents, Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. Pressured to produce a male heir, they had unluckily produced three girls already, and little Anastasia was the fourth...
including the future emperors Alexander III and Nicholas II, over both of whom he exerted great influence. He authored the Manifesto of Apr. 29, 1881, on the strengthening of the autocracy. He was an inspirer of extreme reaction. He opposed Western European culture and bourgeois social reforms...
Petersburg during 1904–05, he was invited to the tsar’s palace in 1907. Rasputin succeeded in persuading Nicholas II and Aleksandra Fedorovna that he alone, through his prayers, could save the hemophiliac heir to the throne, Aleksei, and maintain “divine” support for the rule of Nicholas...