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1 day ago · Early life Grand prince Alexander Nikolaevich, 1830 Born in Moscow, Alexander Nikolayevich was the eldest son of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia (eldest daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz). His early life gave little indication of his ultimate potential; until the time of his accession in 1855, aged 37, few imagined that posterity ...
- Nicholas I of Russia
Nicholas I (6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18...
- Assassination of Alexander II of Russia
On 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1881, Alexander II, the Emperor...
- Ivan Emelyanov
Early life. Ivan Yemelyanov was born into an impoverished...
- Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya
Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya (Russian: О́льга...
- Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian:...
- Alexander Soloviev
Alexander Konstantinovich Soloviev (Russian: Александр...
- Constitutional Reforms
The project was presented to Alexander II on 28 January...
- Tsarevich Nicholas
Early life Nicholas with his elder sister Alexandra, who...
- Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich
Early life Four brothers (from left to right: Alexander,...
- Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Сергей...
- Nicholas I of Russia
1 day ago · 1888–1918) often wrote letters to his cousin Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, praising him as the "saviour of the white race" and urging Russia forward in Asia. [25] [26] From November 1894 onward, Wilhelm had been writing letters praising Nicholas as Europe's defender from the "Yellow Peril", assuring the Tsar that God Himself had "chosen ...
- Manchuria, Yellow Sea, Korea, Sea of Japan
- Japanese victoryTreaty of Portsmouth
1 day ago · Nicholas II, also known as Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, was the final Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand duke of Finland. His reign started on 1 November 1894 and ended with his abdication on 15 March 1917.
1 day ago · Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev [b] [c] (15 April [ O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist world with his denunciation of his predecessor ...
1 day ago · RU. Internet TLD. .ru. .рф. Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
1 day ago · The Russo-Circassian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Circassia, was the invasion of Circassia by Russia, starting in 1763 with the Russian Empire assuming authority in Circassia, followed by the Circassian refusal, and ending 100 years, 10 months and 6 days later with the last army of Circassia defeated on 21 May 1864 , making it ...
1 day ago · Yekaterinburg [a] is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, [14] up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration.
