Wikipedia Mikhail Romanov, the first monarch of the dynasty that ruled Russia for more than 300 years, was not your typical tsar. He was delicate, kind and relied much on the support of a national ...

Our readers pointed out our mistake: Feodor Koshka wasn't a Rurikid at all. In fact, Mikhail Romanov's father, Feodor Nikitich Romanov (1553-1633) was descended from the Rurik dynasty through the ...

After much noisy and contentious debate, Mikhail Romanov was selected to lead Russia into a new civilized era. He was crowned in the Uspensky Cathedral in the Kremlin on July 11,1613. The Romanov ...

Grosvenor is a descendant of Mikhail Romanov—and, incidentally, Alexander Pushkin. The last king of the Hellenes; his great-grandmother was a Romanov grand duchess. He was dethroned in a coup in ...

Under Romanov rule, which began in 1613 with Mikhail Romanov, Russia grew to become the biggest land empire in the world. These czars' talents and foibles have long fascinated historians ...

(In a cruel twist of fate, Ipatiev House coincidentally shared a name with the Ipatiev Monastery, which was where, in 1613, Nicholas's ancestor Mikhail Romanov was declared tsar and the House of ...

In 1613, when Russia was leaderless, 16-year-old Mikhail Romanov was plucked from obscurity and offered the crown of Russia. Mikhail was granted absolute power and began the reign of the Romanovs ...

The history of this dynasty began and ended in a similar way, with the first and the last Romanov living in exile and during the most turbulent moments of Russian history. Both Mikhail ...