Sentences with phrase «tsar nicholas»

He comes from a long line of important government officials; his grandfather was the Minister of Education for Tsar Nicholas II and one of the few in his government to get out of Russia with his life.

Tsar Nicholas I called it «a dream in stone».

While a visit must be paid to Church on the Blood — where the family of Tsar Nicholas II was murdered, the city is also a centre for culture and arts with several fine museums and theatres.

Figures such as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, King Leopold II of Belgium and Ferdinand I of Bulgaria all graced the distinguished carriages.

Head to Nice and follow in the footsteps of pleasure - loving patrons of the past, such as Pablo Picasso and Tsar Nicholas.

History comes to vivid life in Fleming's sweeping story of the dramatic decline and fall of the House of Romanov, which provides not only intimate portraits of Tsar Nicholas II; his wife, Alexandra; and the five Romanov children but also offers a beautifully realized examination of the context of their lives....

Her account provides not only intimate portraits of Tsar Nicholas II; his wife, Alexandra; and the five Romanov children, but it also offers a beautifully realized examination of the context of their lives — Russia in a state of increasing social unrest and turmoil.

The film details (with a large dollop of artistic licence) the real - life relationship between tsar Nicholas II and prima ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya, an affair which almost derailed his 1896 coronation and, some argue, set in train the events which led to the revolution of 1917.

McKellen has also been honored for his extensive television work, from the miniseries The Prisoner to his monumental performance in King Lear: from his reincarnation of Tsar Nicholas II in the telefilm Rasputin, to his classic guesting as himself in HBO's Extras.

The Witch writer / director Robert Eggers has been tapped to pen a six to eight episode miniseries based on the life of Grigori Rasputin, the «Mad Monk» who became one of Tsar Nicholas II's closest advisors.

But you could ask me A detailed biography of Tsar Nicholas II that includes includes images, quotations and the main facts of his life.

DNA testing for 17 Y - STR markers was conducted on the remains from Tsar Nicholas II and his son, the Tsarevich Alexei (sample 146.1 in the second grave).

Dessert was Siberian frozen cranberry cream garnished with pine nuts and wild berries, accompanied by sweet red and white wines from the Massandra Winery in the Crimea, established by Tsar Nicholas II in the 1890s, around the same time the new Trans - Siberian tracks were being laid across Russia.

It was filmed inside the Church of All Saints in Yekaterinburg - a Russian Orthodox church built on the spot Tsar Nicholas II and his family were killed in 1918.

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Arrive in Yekaterinburg, where Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.