That, of course, overlooked the fact that Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II were third cousins. Nevertheless, the name of the capital, St Petersburg, was changed to Petrograd.

One hundred years after the end of the First World War, here is a look at the key figures:Tsar Nicholas II of RussiaAt the outbreak of the war in 1914, the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, sided ...

Wilhelm II, the exiled German Emperor, watched Adolf Hitler’s rise from his Dutch estate with mixed emotions part pride, part unease. This video explores the former Kaiser’s private letters ...