(Placename) a town in NW Russia: site of the imperial summer residence and Catherine the Great's palace. Pop: 84 628 (2002). Former name:Tsarskoye Selo(1708–1937) Pushkin (ˈpʊʃkɪn) n (Biography)Aleksander Sergeyevich(alɪkˈsandr sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1799–1837...
In January 1917, Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia while Bolshevik Vladmir Lenin lived in exile. By October, revolution had reversed their roles, leaving the former tsar a prisoner and Lenin holding all the power.
The secret star of the Russian Championships is the villa in which they are played. Today it is a museum but it was once owned by Matilda Kschessinskaya, the famous ballerina and lover of the future Tsar Nicholas II. The love-story of the Tsar and the ba
Showing a limited preview of this publication: The Life and Death ofa Russian TsarThe Imperial Family and the CourtSince the reign of Nicholas I, the court had represented the ceremonial cen-ter of the Russian administration, an epitome of the Russian state. Courttitles or ranks rewarded officia...
Q:Is this secular outlook why Western historians charge Tsar Nicholas II with being weak and unfitted? A:Yes. This is Western political propaganda, invented at the time and still parroted today. Western historians are educated and paid by Western Establishments and cannot see outside that box....
Ferdinand gained international recognition as prince, and in 1896 Tsar Nicholas II became the godfather of Ferdinand’s first son when he was baptized into the Orthodox faith. Bulgaria at the end of the 19th century The first two decades following the reestablishment of the Bulgarian state were ...