Russia Reopens the Last Czar’s Palace, a Century After His Execution The last home of Nicholas II has been restored and opened to the public as a museum outside of St. Petersburg.

Russian investigators say they have exhumed the remains of Czar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra, in a bid to identify bone fragments that may belong to two of their children. Seven members of ...

Nicholas II arrived at the Main Headquarters of the Russian Army in Mogilev, a city in today’s eastern Belarus, on March 16, the next day after the signing of abdication in Pskov.

That leader is Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II (1894–1917), a figure who in any strongman telling of Russian history could at best hope to play the role of antihero.

An undated photo of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. (Associated Press) I hadn't realized it, but Czar Nicholas II was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church (in the West in 1981, back in Russia in ...

The Russian Investigative Committee has exhumed the bones of Czar Nicholas II and his wife as part of a new probe into the 1918 murder of the royal family.

In March 1917, Czar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the throne amid widespread unrest. That November, a Marxist faction known as the Bolsheviks seized control of the government in St. Petersburg.

This undated photo shows Czar Nicholas II of Russia, far left, and his family. The remains of the czar and his wife were exhumed Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 in an effort to identify the remains of ...

I hadn’t realized it, but Czar Nicholas II was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church (in the West in 1981, back in Russia in 2000). Now a forthcoming Russian movie,”Matilda,” about his ...