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Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Empress of the Russian Empire, was a caring mother and wife. However, her flaws were frowned on by citizens unhappy with tsarist rule.

Russia was not content to call its royal leader simply "king." "Tsar" and "emperor" more accurately described the position of the supreme ruler of the Russian Empire.

Elizabeth of Hesse became a Russian Grand Duchess before her sister Alexandra became Empress. The two German princesses approached life in Russia very differently.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth, married to Grand Duke Sergei, fell out with her younger sister Alexandra even while she attempted to help the sick and the poor.

The Romanov family, including Tsar Nicholas II, were executed in 1918. The Tsar, Tsaristsa, Grand Duchesses, Tsarevich, a doctor, and three servants were killed.

Rasputin was given credit for curing the tsarevich when he had boughts of illness. However, most people felt the Romanovs would be better off without his influence.

New books about the Romanovs seem to be published each year. Which ones are worthwhile reads and which ones capitalize on myth?

The burial of the Romanov bodies after the execution in July 1918 was conducted by Yakov Yurovsky. The remains of the Romanovs were buried in a pit for decades.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was an inevitable result of peasant dissatisfaction, poor leadership, an unpopular monarchy, political movements, and war.

Had the personalities of the Romanov family members been different, history might have taken a different course.

The Romanovs, along with a doctor, three servants, and a family dog, were brutally murdered by Bolsheviks.