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Tsar Nicholas II

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His imperial highness Tsar Nicholas II aboard the imperial train.

Photograph of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. He is standing with his right arm resting beside a bicorn hat on the decorative table behind him. He is wearing an ornate naval uniform including epaulets, a sash and insignia. There is a pair of white gloves in his right hand and a sword by his side. Nicholas II was Emperor of Russia from 1894 until his enforced abdication in 1917. Along with his family he was murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

PHOTO: Pyotr Ermakov, Mikhail Medvedev-Kudrin, Pavel Medvedev, Yakov Yurovsky and Grigory Nikulin The murders of Emperor Nicholas II, his family and four faithful retainers in Ekaterinburg on 17th …

Nicholas II - ill prepared and unprepared to become Tsar. Such a sorrowful photograph of the Tsar - a man out of touch with reality.

Emperor Nicholas II sailing down the Dnieper River

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Tsar Nicholas II with the Duke of Connaught at Balmoral. Sept, 1896. **

Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, RussiaThey first met at the 1884 wedding of his uncle to her sister. She called him Nicky; he called her “Alix” or “Sunny.” Although Alix w…

At the turn of 20th century smoking cigarettes did not have the same stigma it does today. Hence the entire Romanov family – including Tsarevich Alexei – smoked! Records of this can be found throughout the imperial family’s letters and diaries, as well as photographs. Below are excerpts from the diary of Grand Duchess Olga… Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SMOKING CIGARETTES

H.I.M. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918)