Generally speaking, the Tsars of Russia didn't have the best track record when it came to assassination attempts. Ivan IV spent his short life behind prison and was stabbed by his own guards; Paul I ...
Antony Beevor says Rasputin was a historically important figure who accelerated the demise of the Romanov dynasty ...
The last official tsar of Russia was Tsar Nicholas II, who abdicated on March 15, 1917, following the Russian Revolution. It ended more than three centuries of rule by the Romanov family. Nicholas II ...