Today is the 94th anniversary of the murders of Tsar Nicholas, the last monarch of ... The Emperor and the heir were dressed in gimnasterkas [soldiers’ shirts] and wore caps.

Tsar Nicholas II makes a public address on July ... most of them peasants and workers in soldiers' uniforms who would otherwise have been feeding and supplying Russia's cities.

This is how Russian Emperor Nicholas II reacted to troubling news ... day the troops began siding with the revolt en masse: Soldiers killed officers that tried to resist. The revolt quickly ...

The soldiers now refused to return the salute ... when Jurovsky knocked at the door of the ex-Emperor and bade Nicholas arise and dress. The same summons was delivered to the Tsarina, the children ...

It was too late. The government resigned, and the Duma, supported by the army, called on the emperor to abdicate. At Pskov on ...

When the Tsar showed up at military headquarters to assume "command," his own generals relegated the aristocrat to ceremonial and back-office functions. To describe Nicholas II as out of touch with ...

Russian Ambassador Roman Ambarov has honored the volunteers who fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War at a memorial event in ...

The battlefield he chose was near the village of Austerlitz, where the countryside was dominated by a gently sloping hill, the Pratzen Heights. "If I wanted to [stop] the enemy," Napoleon said ...

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively. He made poor decisions that led to worsening relations with the government and increased hardship for civilians and soldiers alike. Nicholas ...

In 1894 Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia ... However, many of the ordinary soldiers were peasants. They were faced with harsh discipline, poor pay and poor conditions. They were also poorly trained.