Geneticists confirm curl from museum's collection belongs to Tsarevich Alexey Romanov PARIS, November 10. /TASS/. Relics from the Russian Imperial Romanov family, illegally seized by a religious ...

The Romanov family ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917. They ascended the throne at the end of one of the most critical periods of Russian history, known as the Time of Troubles (1589 Ü 1613).

When Tsar Alexander II of Russia ascended to the throne in 1855, he brought with him the romantic sensibility of his liberal education. His passion for decadent luxury and the finer things in life ...