Russian History

History books from WildBlue Press cover ranges from Rasputin to North Korea and many other controversial and interesting historical topics between.

Female Rulers in Russian History Olga of Kiev (c. 890-969) of the House of Rurik (reign as Regent: 945-964). Wife of Prince Igor, the son of Rurik, Prince of Novgorod, a founder and first ruler of...

Dmitri Pavlovich (pictured) - a cousin of Tsar Nicholas II - blamed the British monarch for the executions of the Russian Royal family because George failed to grant them safe refuge.

Russian rulers, Romanov dynasty. #Russia

1914 Start of World War I. 1916 Murder of royal adviser Grigori Rasputin. 1917 February Revolution leads to abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and to rule by a provisional government. 1917 October Revolution led by the Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin. 1917-1923 Russian civil war between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and Whites, with foreign aid supplied to Whites. 1918 Lenin orders the executions of Nicholas II and his family. 1922 USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or simply the Soviet Union)…

11 июня 1613 года в Успенском соборе Московского Кремля состоялось венчание Михаила Романова на царство

The February Revolution The Russian Revolution of 1917 centers around two primary events: the February Revolution and the October Re...

What caused the Russian Revolution and how did it overthrow the Czar? A basic introduction to the Soviet Revolution of 1917. A great way for teacher's to fl...

Why does one revolution matter so much? The Russian Revolution in 1917 not only transformed Russia, but also set the stage for a changing world over the next century.