A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 8, 1917, protests against food ...

the tsar's train was shunted to safety in a lonely railway siding. Inside his carriage, after his advisers "begged" him to stand down, Nicholas gave up his throne and was soon taken into captivity ...

Her son Paul I restored the succession of oldest sons to the throne, which continued through Alexander III and Nicholas II, the last tsar. Alexander III (ruled 1881 Ü 1894) began a web of ...

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 ...

The true story of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia is not as romantic as the legend. The youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II was long rumored to be ...

MOSCOW, November 28. /TASS/. Murder of Czar Nicholas II and members of his family might have a ritualistic character, the Secretary of the Patriarchal commission for scrutiny of the results of ...

In 1894 Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia ... Alexei (the Tsarevitch), who was the heir to the throne. Alexei suffered from haemophilia. This prevented his blood from clotting and meant that Alexei ...

Portrait of Czar Nicholas I in The Illustrated London News. This formal portrait provides a sharp contrast to the way Czar Nicholas I was depicted in the satirical press. Richard Cobden, a leading ...