One of the greatest mysteries (and greatest cross-over) of both Imperial Russia and the subsequent Soviet Union was the ...

Do you remember observing Diana Spencer or more lately Kate Middleton on TV? If so, you will appreciate the sense of loss felt by earlier royals-watchers. At the start of the 20th century they ...

Nicholas and Alexandra had loved each other for years, but it wasn't until 1894 that she agreed to convert to Orthodoxy, a requirement for the wife of the heir to the Russian throne. They were engaged ...