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Romanovs
The House of Romanov was the second dynasty, after the Rurik dynasty, to rule over Russia, and reigned from 1613 until the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, as a result of the February Revolution.
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I don't mind whether a person is rich or poor. Once my friend, always my friend.
--Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (1872-1918)
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― Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
― Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
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It is one of the supreme ironies of history that the blessed birth of an only son should have proved the mortal blow. Even as the saluting cannons boomed and the flags waved, Fate had prepared a terrible story. Along with the lost battles and sunken ships, the bombs, the revolutionaries and their plots, the strikes and revolts, Imperial Russia was toppled by a tiny defect in the body of a little boy.
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― Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
― Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
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