Nicholas II, Stalin and Lenin top popularity rating of Russian historical figures by Paul Gilbert Recent poll shows Nicholas II as the most popular figure in the 20th century Russian history Note: this article has been edited and updated with … Continue reading
Category Archives: Russian Revolution
The End of Tsars: What if the Romanov’s weren’t murdered? AMI Newswire by Kathryn Colucci July 17th will mark exactly a century since Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra and their children were murdered by the Bolsheviks. While that act … Continue reading
Red Century Exploring the history and legacy of Communism, 100 years after the Russian Revolution. The Opinion Pages The Remains of the Romanovs The Russian Imperial family with army officers outside the Catherine Palace.CreditFine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images The Russian … Continue reading
Russia claims it can wipe out whole US Navy without firing a shot and has already paralysed American destroyer Russia has claimed it can wipe out the whole of the US Navy at the flick of a switch – and … Continue reading
Can Donald Trump handle diplomacy the way Theodore Roosevelt did? HOT AND COLD Todd Culbertson column: U.S.-Russia relationship has been testy, not special Todd Culbertson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In December 1988, President-elect George Bush, President Ronald Reagan, and Soviet President … Continue reading
New Poll Shows 28% of Russians Support Restoration of Monarchy Topic: Russian Monarchy This article has been revised and edited from its original by Paul Gilbert, Founder of Royal Russia © 2017 Despite more than 70 years of Communist … Continue reading
The Abdication of Nicholas II Left Russia Without a Czar for the First Time in 300 Years Events in Saint Petersburg 100 years ago brought the end to the Romanov dynasty image: https://thumbs-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/3d/47/3d473844-fadb-44ac-9510-69a1e1b9ed3f/nikolaus_ii_russland-wr.jpg__800x600_q85_crop_subject_location-541%2C173.jpgNicholas II with guards outside the imperial palace. … Continue reading
Wednesday, 8 March 2017 ‘Russia’s soul is monarchic’: Tsarist School Wants to Reverse 100 Years of History Topic: Russian Monarchy Headteacher Zurab Chavchavadze. Photograph: Shaun Walker/Guardian by Shaun Walker © originally published in The Guardian on 6th March 2017. Royal … Continue reading
THE BUZZ In 1904, Russia and Japan Went to War (And Asia Has Never Been the Same Since) Robert Farley World War I and World War II so transformed the maps of both Europe and Asia that discerning the influence … Continue reading
The end of the Romanovs THE ROMANOVS. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: OLGA, MARIA, NICHOLAS II, ALEXANDRA, ANASTASIA, ALEXEI, AND TATIANA. PICTURED AT LIVADIA PALACE IN 1913. IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. On 17 July 1918, after three centuries … Continue reading
During World War II, why did the Japanese refuse orders from Nazi Germany, its wartime ally, to kill all the Jews within its borders? A new book from Academic Studies Press, “Under the Shadow of the Rising Sun: Japan and … Continue reading
Although I haven’t yet had a chance to read this book, here’s yet another great review for Simon Sebag Montefiore’s Romanovs. s Lives and Deaths of the Tsars BOOKS January 2, 2017 Issue Robert E. Scully The Romanovs Simon Sebag … Continue reading
Historic Russian ship returns to mooring after refit SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian cruiser Aurora, whose salvo against the Winter Palace sounded the start of the 1917 revolution, returned to its mooring in Saint Petersburg Saturday after a year-and-a-half of restoration work. … Continue reading
There were official observers of the Russo-Japanese War whose documents contributed to our knowledge of the first Modern War. My grandfather was a soldier, and later an officer, in the Russian army during this war, and he kept diaries that … Continue reading
This May will see the release of Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Romanovs: 1613-1918 in the United States. It is an exhaustive look at the full sweeping arc of Russia’s doomed royal family. The public has an insatiable appetite for the … Continue reading
Russia takes (yet another) look at its ‘unpredictable past’ A NEW LENS A recently opened exhibit introduces the Russia public to a different view of the czars – and shows a strong bias for strong leadership and territorial expansion. … Continue reading
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR BEGINS Aiman Diaz Feb 08, 2016 Russo-Japanese War — The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 arose from the rivalry of two imperialistic regimes for the same area of expansion in China’s northeast … Continue reading
Examination of Ekaterinburg Remains May Take Several Years – Bishop Tikhon Note: this article has been edited and updated by Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia from the original article published on 31 December, 2015 A new team of experts … Continue reading
On December 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American (and first President) to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for brokering an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), a war that claimed between … Continue reading
Efforts still underway to officially identify 2 bodies as belonging to Czar Nicholas II’s family. Russian investigators open coffin of next-to-last czar to collect DNA Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Investigators have opened the coffin of Russia’s next-to-last czar … Continue reading
The Romanovs in the eyes of their closest attendants Romanov’s home life without pomp and ceremony. By Ksenia Isaeva Scroll down to see more ARCHIVE PHOTO These photographs display the Romanovs’ home life without pomp and ceremony. / … Continue reading
Alexander Palace isn’t the only thing being excavated in St. Petersburg. Russia Will Exhume Remains Of Czar Nicholas II And His Wife The czar, his wife and five children were executed in 1918. Russia will dig up the remains for … Continue reading
Film about the treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War to be shown August 22, 2015 Portsmouth Peace Treaty film highlights to be shown Aug. 22 In the summer of 1981, an NHK television crew from Japan spent time in New … Continue reading
At the same time that the Russo-Japanese War was being waged in the Pacific, this ‘little-known’ mutiny was taking place on the Black Sea Mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin, 110 Years Ago By Evan Andrews In June 1905, a bloody … Continue reading
See my latest article, below: How Jewish Bankers Helped Changed the Balance of Geopolitical Powers in 1905 by Bryna Kranzler A chance conversation over dinner in London between a despondent baron from Japan and a Jewish investment banker resulted in an … Continue reading
Putin Views “Ivan the Terrible” as “Ivan the Not-So-Bad” Vol. 79/No. 15 April 27, 2015 Putin glorifies despotic czars as examples of Russian pride BY NAOMI CRAINE Who your heroes are says a lot. Russian President Vladimir Putin, … Continue reading
Apparently, not everyone applauded Teddy Roosevelt for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War THE BLOG What Would TR and Orwell Say? 2:32 PM, APR 6, 2015 • BY GEOFFREY NORMAN We must ever bear in mind that the great … Continue reading
The Russo-Japanese War was prompted by Japanese attack on Port Arthur, which was provoked by Russian violation of a treaty Japanese print displaying the destruction of a Russian ship. By Richard Cavendish Published in History Today Volume 54 Issue 2 … Continue reading
About the build-up to the Russo-Japanese War. By Dale L. Walker HEN Jack London boarded the S. S. Siberia on January 7, 1904, bound for Yokohama, he could look back on a bittersweet year in his young but auspicious … Continue reading
There was a first Russian Revolution in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War that Russia was losing, that failed to unseat the Czar. It would be 12 more years before the revolution worked. Russia’s Bloody Sunday Posted By: Daryl Worthington … Continue reading