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Official portrait of Tsar Nicholas II in uniform. by ~KraljAleksandar

You can learn about history from books, but that’s a long path, and quite likely not the one you took back in your school years. Or you did, and in that case, hats off to you!

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Take a look back at Russia's last royal family with these rare pictures.

"Here's a picture of [Russia's future Tsar Nicholas II] making monkey faces with his cousins, because apparently making faces was the only thing Russian imperials were good at." (via '9 Photos of Serious Historical Figures Having a Blast') #History

Emperor Nicholas II with the dragon tattoo. The tattoo is a facsimile but it is the approximate shape and probably very similar to the one he had. I have no tattoos but if I were to get one it would probably be this.

At the turn of 20th century smoking cigarettes did not have the same stigma it does today. Hence the entire Romanov family – including Tsarevich Alexei – smoked! Records of this can be found throughout the imperial family’s letters and diaries, as well as photographs. Below are excerpts from the diary of Grand Duchess Olga… Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SMOKING CIGARETTES

Jan 17, 2015 - Despite the best efforts of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, Tsar Nicholas II and George V all loathed Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Russian artist Olga Shirnina (also known as 'klimbim') colors archive images of Romanov family.