Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Catherine the Great Catherine II (l762-1796), a German princess who became Empress of Russia after disposing of her ineffectual husband was one of the most successful European monarchs. She followed Peter the Great in seeing Russia (which had been part of an Asian Empire for centuries) as European Power. Among her other achievements, ...

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This book about the last Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna, was written by Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden and published in 1928. Sophie was a lady in waiting. This page is the Entry Page.

This is the main page of an online Russian history book written by Count Paul Beckendorff about his experiences with the Russian Imperial family during the captivity of the Romanovs in the Alexander Palace in 1917.

An educational internet adventure game exploring the history and mystery of Tsar Nicholas Romanov, his daughter Anastasia, and Russia's transformation from Imperial Russia to Communism.

Welcome Page. This book was written by Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova in 1923. Anna was a lady in waiting to the last Russian Empress, Alexandra Feodorovna.

Scottish neoclassical architect to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, who worked at the Russian palaces of Pavlovsk and Tsarskoe Selo, online book by George Lukomski, introduction by Bob Atchison, web design by Pallasart. Sponsored by the Alexander Palace Association.

Online edition of a 1929 Russian history book by Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden describing 14 months in Siberia during the Russian Revolution. Sophie was lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and followed the Romanov family into exile in Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg.

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Face to Face with the Czars The Romanov Dynasty begins in 1613 and ends with the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Explore Russia's rich history through the lives of some of its most famous leaders. Click on a date and meet face-to-face with the rulers of the House of Romanov. 1600s----------1700s----------1800s----------1900s----------| Home | Lobby Copyright 1999, St. Petersburg Times. All rights ...

Alexandra Romanov, last Russian Empress is the subject of this online Russian history book about the Russian Revolution written by Lili Dehn, first published in 1922. It is a first hand account on the life of Alexandra and the Imperial Romanov Dynasty and the events of ther revolution in St. Petersburg, Russia. There are interesting details of Rasputin and Anastasia and her sisters from ...

Get Free Newsletters WHERE IS ANASTASIA STORY CHAPTER LINKS 1. STORY PREFACE 2. GIVE US BREAD 3. WORLDS APART 4. NICHOLAS OUT-OF-TOUCH 5. ENTER RASPUTIN 6. RASPUTIN THE HEALER RASPUTIN THE DECEIVER 7. RASPUTIN'S MURDER 8. NICHOLAS LOSES THE THRONE 9. HOUSE ARREST 10. EXECUTION IN SIBERIA 11. THE DEATH SCENE 12. ANGUISH FOR THE GIRLS 13. WHERE WERE THE BODIES 14. WHO REALLY DIED 15. ARE THESE ...

Tsarevich Alexei Lenins Greatest Secret HIH Alexei Age 11 1915 St. Petersburg HIH Alexei Age 46 1950 Sweden ...

The last tsar of Russia, Nicholas II; his family; and the mystery of Anastasia. Did she survive the massacre of the Romanovs Was she Anna Anderson

Peter the Great's modest summer residence and a lovely old park with marble sculptures ...

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia Historical Society The purpose of HIH Grand Duchess Anastasia Historical Society is to advance the theory that Anna Anderson Manahan was indeed the youngest daughter of Tsar Nikolai Romanov II of Russia. The Society welcomes queries into the life and death of the last Imperial Romanov family, and on the life of Anna Anderson Manahan. *(Updated Sept ...

The Spala Crisis of 1912 Rasputin Explained and Alexei Found Alexei Nicolaievich Sovereign Heir Tsarevich Grand Duke of Russia Born at Peterhof August 12, 1904 In his 1967 book about Russias last Imperial family titled Nicholas and Alexandra author Robert K. Massie concluded with these words: Why Lenin triumphed, why Nicholas failed, why Alexandra placed the fate of her son, her husband and ...

Russia's Catherine the Great looks on whilst husband Peter plays with toy soldiers.

The Romanov family and their Russia, the site also contains all of the great Russian Palaces, richly illustrated! So if you want to read about the last Imperial family, their life and death, or Moscow vs. Saint Petersburg, or maybe dream away in the splendour if all Russian Palaces, this is the Site!

Home Biographies Nicholas Alexandra Olga Tatiana Maria Anastasia Alexei Photo Album Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Links and Webrings Sign Guestbook &nbspView Guestbook Romanov Poll Recommend this site Sources Books about the Romonovs Email The Romanovs: A Royal Family Welcome to my page dedicated to the Romanov family. On this website, I have put together biographies of each member ...

THE PERSONALITY OF PETER More than in any other period of Russian history or the history of any other country, the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth centuries was a era of great events and changes for which a single man was mostly responsible. To posterity Peter seems like a superhuman colossus bestriding half a continent. To contemporaries he seemed much the same. He is ...

Links to sites to do with Catherine II (the Great) of Russia, most of which are in English.

One of the largest online painting museums. New exhibits daily. Biographies and main works of many famous artists. Excellent quality of reproductions. Historical comments.

The Romanovs Today 1994 Romanov Family Association The members of the Imperial Family of Russia are spread around the world and live in countries that often differ politically, culturally and religiously. Although dispersed over several continents, there is one strong feeling that joins them: Their love for Russia, the country of their parents and forefathers. The Romanov Family Association ...

6. Peter the Great Sources 1. Sophia, Regent of Russia 1657 - 1704 Lindsey Hughes Yale University Press 1990 DK 125 H84 1990 2.Peter, The Revolutionary Tsar Peter Brock Putnam Harper & Row, 1973 DK 131 P88 1973 c.1 3.Pierre le Grand Henri Troyat Flammarion, 1979 DK 131 T76 1979 4. Peter The Great: His Life and World Robert K. Massie Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 DK 131 M28 5. Life on the Russian Country ...

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Peter I (The Great) 1689-1725 Peter I, was born to Alexis Romanov and his second wife Natalia Naryshkina. Peter grew up in a turbulent period of Russian history. His fathers early death at the age of thirty-one left a bitter struggle for power between the family of Alexiss first wifes family, the Miloslavskaias, and Peters family. A brief period of reign by Peters half brother Fedor (1676-1682) ...

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Anastasia, intro aux revolutions russes / intro to Russian revolutions, le massacre d'Ekaterinbourg / the butchery of Ekaterinbourg, l'histoire d'Anna Anderson / the story of Anna Anderson ...

Biography of Catherine the Great, focus on how the planetary metaphors of Mercury and Uranus were reflected in her life and work, by Robert Couteau ...

Catherine the Great Her original name was anglicized Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhallt -Zebst. She ruled in the late 1700's from 1762-1796 - a reign of 34 years. Crowned as Empress on July 17, 1762 she was a powerful ruler. As an author of memoirs, historical works and plays she gave considerable encouragement to literature. She offered to pubish Diderot's Encylopedia when France banned it.

Tell me when this page is updated This story published 08/30/99 Written by Ursula Grosser Dixon Russia's Reforming Tsar: Peter the Great Childhood Tsar Alexis, having lost his first wife in childbirth, took a second wife, Natalya on February 1, 1671. The joy was great when on May 30, 1672 they became parents of a large, apparently healthy boy. They called him Peter after the apostle. He was born ...