MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators say they plan to exhume the remains of Tsar Alexander III at the request of the Orthodox Church, the latest twist in a macabre effort to authenticate the ...

Alexander III's remains have been exhumed for DNA tests to confirm the identities of two grandchildren. Historians say the Russian Orthodox Church... Will DNA Tests Finally Settle Controversy ...

Only hours earlier, the czar had signed off on his final reform – an embryonic constitution to permit elections of representatives who would participate in making Russia’s laws. The new czar, ...

The Polish director Andrzej Wajda writes in his little memoir about movie making, Double Vision, that once he started directing Hamlet and realized that the whimsical, arbitrary quality of the plot, ...

Vintage barware is a treat in and of itself, but it’s even better when said piece is steeped in royal history. Take, for instance, the exquisite silver punch set that has just popped up for sale at ...

A member of Russian royalty came to Topeka in 1872. This week’s History Guy video at CJOnline focuses on that visit by Grand Duke Alexis, the son of Russian Czar Alexander II and younger brother of ...

Russian investigators have opened the tomb of 19th century Czar Alexander III in search of evidence that may help confirm the remains of his grandchildren, who were executed shortly after the Russian ...