The tragic story of Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), the last Czar of Russia ... look into the private lives of Nicholas and his wife Alexandra (Janet Suzman), their daughters, their only son ...

A few years ago, I fell into reading Robert Massie’s “Nicholas and Alexandra,” a history of the courtship and rule of the Tsar and his wife. It was impossible to put down. I never took ...

The issue became even more explosive after 2000 when the Russian Orthodox Church canonized Czar Nicholas, Czarina Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexis, and Grand Princesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria ...

Mikhail was awoken to become the first tsar of Russia ... The Provisional Government imprisoned Nicholas, Alexandra and their five children who were sent to a palace in Tobolsk where they were ...

The last tsar of the previous dynasty ... many powerful Romanovs were assassinated, including Nicholas, Alexandra, their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei.

Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively ... The departure of Nicholas II to the front left his wife, Tsarina Alexandra, in control. Alexandra was not hugely popular in Russia.

John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on March 2, 1855, his son, Alexander II, succeeded him on the throne. Here Alexander is shown inheriting the war started by his ...