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Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) was the last of the Romanov emperors, murdered along with his family during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution in 1917. Insisting on maintaining as far as possible the autocratic rule begun by his ancestors...

The brutal murder of the entire Romanov family was the culmination of deep discontent across the Russian Empire with the persistently autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917). Following the disaster of the First World War (1914-18...

The Russian Revolution of 1905 challenged the absolute power of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) as ruler of the Russian Empire. Bloody Sunday in 1905 started the year disastrously for the tsar when soldiers fired upon an unarmed crowd...

A 1917 photograph of ex-Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) while under house arrest on the orders of the Bolshevik government. Nicholas here wears his military uniform, but his decision to appoint himself commander-in-chief of the Russian...

A 1913 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire, and his cousin George V, King of Great Britain (reign 1910-36). The photograph was taken in Berlin and both are wearing German military uniforms.

A 1909 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire.

A 1915 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), shown in the centre, in his role as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Russian Empire during the First World War (1914-18).

An 1880s photograph of future Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire.

Robert Guiscard (c. 1015-1085) is proclaimed Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily by Pope Nicholas II, illustration from the Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani, 14th century.

Chain Tower and Saint Nicholas Tower, La Rochelle, France.