The Louvre Museum recently acquired a 19th century triptych created by the House of Fabergé and presented as a gift to Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra for the birth of their first ...

More Russian than this it does not get: Tsar Nicholas II had renowned Fabergé designer Alma Pihl craft the egg for his mother, the Dowager Empress, as an Easter present in 1913. Here, the backstory.

LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - A Faberge Imperial Winter Egg, commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II as an Easter gift to his mother, heads to auction next week where it could set a record for the third time ...

In 1942, at the age of 68, he applied for American citizenship and bought a home in Beverly Hills, but his soul never left Russia. Six months thereafter, a terminal illness brought forth the memory of ...

Though vested with absolute power, Tsar Nicholas II faced mounting unrest driven by poverty, harsh industrial conditions, and political repression. This video explores how mass discontent and the ...

In the spring of 1917 the imperial family of Russia, the Romanovs, teetered on the edge of ruin. After the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II the Russian monarchy collapsed and the family was placed under ...