Grand Duke George Romanov, an heir to the House of Romanov, and Princess Victoria have announced the gender of their second ...

The peasants of Russia had been freed from serfdom in 1861 by Alexander II. However, in order to give the peasants land, the government had to pay the landowners for it. As a result, the peasants ...

This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...

It was introduced after the assassination of Alexander II in 1881 and was the source of much resentment. Russian was the official language and all others were suppressed. Poles were banned from ...