Emperor Nicholas II on horseback, a hardstone carving after a photograph of the emperor taken in 1903 on a horse ride.
For 304 years the Romanov dynasty was in power in Russia. Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, was the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III. He was married to Alexandra Feodorovna, and five children were born in the marriage: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey. His rule ended in 1917, when the communist system came to power; Nicholas II and his whole family were shot, and years later he was numbered among the saints.
Emperor Nicholas II on horseback, a hardstone carving after a photograph of the emperor taken in 1903 on a horse ride.
For 304 years the Romanov dynasty was in power in Russia. Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, was the eldest son of Emperor Alexander III. He was married to Alexandra Feodorovna, and five children were born in the marriage: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey. His rule ended in 1917, when the communist system came to power; Nicholas II and his whole family were shot, and years later he was numbered among the saints.
