Nicholas II was Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. He was the last Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution and oversaw the Russian Empire's participation in Wor
Nicholas in 1912
Nicholas with his mother, Maria Feodorovna, in 1870
Emperor Nicholas II with his cousin, George V of the United Kingdom (right), wearing German military uniforms in Berlin before the war; 1913
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was the fifth son and seventh child of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. He was an influential figure during the reigns of his brother Emperor Alexander III of
Photograph by Sergey Levitsky, c. 1894
Grand Duke Sergei with his parents and his sister, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna
Grand Duke Sergei with his younger brother Grand Duke Paul
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in his youth