While the Great War — the first World War — was still raging across Europe, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne on March 15, 1917. This was in response to a public uprising, the February ...

In his newly released book, “The Last Tsar: the Abdication of Nicholas II and the End of the Romanovs" (Basic Books), authorTsuyoshi Hasegawa, an emeritus professor of history at UC Santa Barbara, ...

Portrait of Czar Nicholas II Discovered Beneath Portrait of Lenin The double-portrait will be displayed beginning Nov. 29 at the Stieglitz Art and Industry Academy in St. Petersburg.