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 ...
Privileged though they may be, hereditary monarchs are denied a basic freedom that the rest of us enjoy. Their lives aren’t quite their own: unless they succumb to the self-destruction of abdication, ...
* Tsar's family ask Russia to reopen criminal case * Tsar Nicholas II was murdered with his family in 1918 By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The self-proclaimed heir to Russia's imperial ...