Prince Felix Yusupov killed Rasputin on December 30, 1916. Yusupov hatched a conspiracy to assassinate Rasputin after ...

A brutal civil war followed, leading to the death of more than 10 million Russians – amongst them Tsar Nicholas II and his family, executed by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg in July 1918.

Catherine ruled after his death and was succeeded by several ... which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 Ü 1894) began a web of railroads ...

who continues to proclaim himself “Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias,” in succession to his assassinated cousin Tsar Nicholas II. & Last. Terrible Things! Ensconced at the Ritz ...

Tsarevitch Nicholas II at the time of his visit to Asia in 1891 His trip to Ceylon was part of ... Three years later, Nicholas became the Tsar following the death of his father in 1894. But he was ...

In January 1917, the Russian empire is still governed by the all-powerful Tsar Nicholas II -- one man ... By the time of his death in 1924, Lenin had created a one-party State and an elaborate ...