According to three people with direct knowledge of the situation, Iran warned Russia in advance of last month's concert hall slaughter in Moscow of the potential for a significant "terrorist operation
Photographer Oded Wagenstein visited a remote community in the depths of Siberia to discover the impact of ageing and isolation on the elder tribal women
RUSSIAN rebels have captured another town in just two days as part of their brave campaign against tyrant Vladimir Putin. Bold pro-Ukrainian “freedom-fighters” from Russia stormed the b…
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The Last Czars on Netflix is a sweeping documentary epic — and it really gets the Romanov family right.
At the end of 1920, a mass exodus of Russians from their homeland after the Russian civil war created a humanitarian catastrophe. ‘Never in the history of Europe has a political cataclysm torn such huge numbers of people from their mother country and their homes’ remarked émigré journalist Ariadna Tyrkova Willams. In the West there
The end of the 19th century was a romantic time. Within a few short years, technology and society had changed dramatically, and the royal families which ruled the world from palaces across Europe were struggling to adapt - some more successfully than others.To many, the fall of one family in particular symbolizes the end of an era of princes, princesses, castles and kings. Their tragic story carried with its implications for the entire world, but thanks to their love of photography, we can catch glimpses not only of their royal lifestyle and fall from grace, but also of recognizable moments of humanity, humor, compassion and love.In 2018, we commemorated exactly 100 years since the execution of the Russian Royal Family — the Romanovs — whose dramatic story still captivates the imagination of people around the world today.Read on to discover who the last monarchs of the Russian Empire were, how they lived, and how they faced the world as it changed around them.
As tragic as they were all beautiful: The last Imperial family of Russia abord the yacht “Polar Star”, 1906. Grand Duchesses Olga, Anastasia and Tatiana behind their parents, Tsar Nicholas II and...
May 18, 2018 marks 150 years since Nicholas II, Russia’s last emperor, was born. His court boasted probably the most lavish ceremonies, and sometimes they partied like the world was going to end, which ironically it did for them. We commemorate the Tsar’s jubilee, remembering how he truly partied “like a Russian.”
Photographer Justin Jin has worked in Russia for years
MAGDALINA Roberts, the last survivor of those who followed Tsar Nicholas II and Imperial family of Russia into exile at Tobolisk, in Siberia, has…
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Nicholas and Alexandra at the 1903 Grand Ball The Russian royals had the fascination for throwing lavish gatherings and extravaga...
“Lovely and pleasant were they in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.” A formal photography of the last Grand Duchesses of Russia, taken shortly before the outbreak of the First...
THE LAST CZARS is streaming on Netflix now and episode five in the docudrama series follows the Tsar’s abdication fro the throne. Nicholas II stepped down for many reasons and some historians discuss the impact of Empress Alexandra and Rasputin on his downfall.
