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2 days ago · Here is the story of the first seven Romanov tsars who laid the foundation for Imperial Russia: 1. Michael I (1613-1645) Michael Romanov was elected tsar in 1613, bringing an end to the Time of Troubles – a period of political instability following the end of the Rurik dynasty. As the first Romanov tsar, Michael focused on restoring order and ...
4 days ago · The following is a family tree of the monarchs of Russia .
17 hours ago · Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev [f] [g] (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
1 day ago · Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; [d] 18 May [ O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.
May 15, 2024 · Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (4 December 1878 – 13 June 1918) was the youngest son and fifth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the youngest brother of Nicholas II. He...
May 5, 2024 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky (born June 26, 1963, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian oil tycoon and, at one time, was the richest man in Russia. He was imprisoned in 2003 on charges of fraud and tax evasion.
May 19, 2024 · Sergey Radchenko’s cold war history links Putin to Kremlin predecessors leading a Russia driven by empire, not ideology. Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (left) with US President Richard Nixon at...