In July 1914, Tsar Nicholas II stood at a crossroads: defend Serbia and risk a European war, or stand aside and lose Russia’s influence in the Balkans. Torn between duty, fear, and pride, Nicholas ...
Russia’s war effort turns into catastrophe as defeats pile up, shortages deepen, and the royal court retreats into Rasputin fueled dysfunction while the country fractures. In March 1917, Petrograd ...
The Russian Revolution happened over 100 years ago, at the tail end of World War I. After centuries of being ruled by a sprawling empire governed by the Romanov family, combined with the devastating ...