But, back then, the Rasputin family were peasants, and Maria ultimately changed her name in an attempt to climb Russia's social ladder. During her early childhood, her father was a starets ...

also known as "Putin's Rasputin", adding: "This directly affects the interests of the special services, a huge number of influential circles. "I think the resistance to Trump will be huge.

Nicholas’s character was his fate, argues Hasegawa, and it was the fundamental absence of a higher purpose at its heart, allowing him to be dominated by his German-born wife, the Tsarina Alexandra, ...

Beginning this week, audience members at Midland Community Theatre will "Journey to the Past" with MCT's presentation of "Anastasia." The musical, based on the Broadway show and the 1997 animated film ...

As dystopian as things seem, I recall these moments in my own personal history to confirm that King was right.” | Opinion ...

Hardly anyone recognizes the name Felix Yusupov. He was a Russian aristocrat and a member of the imperial family, whose place ...

It was Rasputin who warned Nicholas II not to declare ... in 1914 Britain should have been less worked up about Germany than Russia’s long-term threat to its supreme ranking among the Great ...