1825

The revolt didn’t have the numbers, weaponry or attitude to succeed. The attitude of the Decemberists was another important reason as to their failure. Communications between the Northern and southern society were limited and the variations of intent within the groups were radically different.

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Tsar Nicholas II was unable to rule effectively. He made poor decisions that led to worsening relations with the government and increased hardship for civilians and soldiers alike. Nicholas refused to accept any reduction in the absolute power he held.

Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov

Are there any Romanovs alive today? There are no immediate family members of the former Russian Royal Family alive today. However, there are still living descendants of the Romanov family. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II is the grandnephew of Tsarina Alexandra.

Contemporary Romanovs Descendants of Nicholas II’s two sisters, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia and Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, do survive, as do descendants of previous tsars.

Russia: Forest bones confirmed to be last tsar of Russia and the Romanov family. After decades of mystery, the Russian Investigative Committee has concluded that they have found the bones and remains of Nicholas II and his family. The imperial family was executed during the Russian revolution.

The state’s investigative team found thousands of bones and other relics from the imperial family, and DNA analysis soon confirmed they were in fact the Romanovs. The remains were buried in St. Petersburg cathedral in 1998, and the buried Romanovs were declared saints in the Russian Orthodox church.

William and Harry can trace their steps to the doomed Romanov clan through both their grandparents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Both Elizabeth and Philip’s connections to the Romanovs stem from Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, Nicholas II’s wife and the last tsarina of Russia.

The bodies of Alexei Nikolaevich and the remaining daughter—either Anastasia or her older sister Maria—were discovered in 2007. Scientific analysis including DNA testing confirmed that the remains are those of the imperial family, showing that all four grand duchesses were killed in 1918.

The czar and his children in front of Governor’s House in Tobolsk, Siberia, where they were held captive from August 1917 to May 1918. The four figures to the left are the grand duchesses; the boyish figure in the center is the czarevitch, the imperial heir.

Velikaia Knazhna (in Russian: Великая Княжна) meaning Grand Princess but commonly translated in English as Grand Duchess, was the title of daughters and male-line granddaughters of Emperors or Empress Regnants of Russia and wives of Grand Dukes of Russia.

Tsar, also spelled tzar or czar, English feminine tsarina, tzarina, or czarina, title associated primarily with rulers of Russia.

Thousands of estates were plundered and burned, their owners fleeing or killed, in the summer and autumn of 1917. After the Bolshevik coup of November 1917, nobles were officially classified as former people.

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