The burial ceremony of the Russian Emperors was created by Peter the Great. But his own funeral was a transitional event – from the ancient burial ...

On July 17, 1918, the reigning members of Russia's last ruling royal family, the Romanovs—Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia ...

On July 17, 1918, the reigning members of Russia's last ruling royal family, the Romanovs—Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia ...

The remains of the last Romanov children, Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria (son and daughter of Nicholas II), will be buried in Peter and Paul Fortress, the original citadel of St. Petersburg, ...

Russian experts exhume the remains of the last tsar - Nicholas II - and his family, as they re-examine their murder by revolutionaries in 1918.

As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state ...

The church stands on the site where the Romanovs were shot The Russian Orthodox Church has consecrated a golden-domed church on the site where Russia's last tsar and his family were killed by ...

Investigators will exhume the remains of Russia's last tsar and his wife, as they reexamine the 1918 Romanov family murders in order to verify the identities of two of the slain family members who ...

Russians have a particular fondness for old cemeteries where famous people are buried. So when Russians travel abroad, they’re likely to seek out the ...

Large numbers of people marched near the Russian city of Yekaterinburg before dawn on July 17 to mark the 99th anniversary of the killing by Bolsheviks of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.

Investigators will exhume the remains of Russia's last tsar and his wife, as they reexamine the 1918 Romanov family murders in order to verify the identities of two of the slain family members who ...