Romanov

Tsarist imperial family

Romanov was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 until the 1917 revolution.

The family name appears in discussions of Russian history, the fall of monarchies, and the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family: The Romanovs ruled for over three hundred years.

DNA testing later confirmed remains found in a mass grave belonged to the Romanovs.

royal

crown

Sovereign's ornamental headpiece

throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority

palace · emperor · empress · tsar · tsarina · majesty · sovereign · court · nobility · aristocracy

dynasty

tsar

Russian absolute monarch

tsarinaRussian emperor's wife
Nicholas IILast imperial Russian ruler
AlexandraName meaning defender

Anastasia · Alexei · Peter the Great · Catherine the Great · imperial · autocracy · monarchy · succession · heir · coronation

Russian

Kremlin

Moscow's fortified government seat

MoscowRussia's capital city
St. PetersburgRussian Baltic port city
Winter PalaceRussian imperial residence

Hermitage · serfdom · boyars · nobility · aristocracy · samovar · iconography · Cyrillic · Russian Empire · Siberia

revolution

Bolsheviks

Lenin's revolutionary party

executionCompleting a planned task
LeninSoviet state founder
OctoberYear's tenth month

overthrow · abdication · Reds · Whites · civil war · Soviet · Cheka · Trotsky · regicide · 1917

Romanov

crown

tsar

Kremlin

Bolsheviks

Romanov

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