“What will happen to me and all of Russia? I’m not prepared to be a Czar, I never wanted to become one, I know nothing of the business of ruling. I don’t know how to carry out the duties.” (Nicholas ...

AsThe Crown hits our screens once again, viewers may be surprised to see that the show will draw back the curtain on yet another royal family. The fifth season of the wildly popular Netflix show ...

"The Crown" tells the story of the reign of the (now deceased) Queen Elizabeth II, who was on the throne from 1953 until just this past September. But the story of the Windsors is more than the story ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin An ancient story of investors trying to recover billions of dollars of debt Russia defaulted on after ...

The Romanov family rose to imperial power in Russia in the early 1600s, its rule passed down for more than 300 years until the compounding crises of World War I, political turmoil and public pushback ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The latest in an intermittent series looking back at groundbreaking, newsmaking, appalling and amusing events in government history. On ...

To many, it's known as the Holy Grail of guns, an almost mythical weapon. It was manufactured in 1914 and was meant for Czar Nicholas II of Russia. But "the Czar's Gun" was thought to be lost or ...

Though vested with absolute power, Tsar Nicholas II faced mounting unrest driven by poverty, harsh industrial conditions, and political repression. This video explores how mass discontent and the ...

Servicemen of the Wagner Group military company sit atop a tank as civilians pose for a photo at the headquarters of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June ...