How a bloody battlefield inspired a pacifist to create the Red Cross
Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...
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Was it a series of bad decisions that brought down the Romanovs?
Tsar Nicholas II and his family, who were executed in 1918.Credit: Alamy/File Hasegawa paints a convincing portrait of Nicholas as not only uninterested but way out of his depth as regards ...
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St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral (Cathedrale Orthodoxe Russe St. Nicolas)
Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the late tsarevich but also to accommodate the religious needs of the city's growing ...
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Book Review: ‘Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers,’ by Anne Somerset, and ‘Q: A Voyage Around the Queen,’ by Craig Brown
Funnily enough, no one has asked me this recently. An earlier version of this article misstated the relationship between Czar Nicholas II and Queen Victoria. Nicholas was married to Alexandra ...
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Faithful British servant murdered by the Bolsheviks alongside 'last tsar of Russia' has his name cleared
As valet to Michael Romanov, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II, Johnson had known he faced execution as the 300-year-old dynasty was swept aside in 1917. Michael pleaded with his faithful ...
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'Border czar' Tom Homan threatens military action against Mexican cartels if necessary
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely," Tom Homan said. "Border czar" Tom Homan said President Donald Trump won't hesitate to use the U.S. military if Mexican cartels target American ...
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Canada’s fentanyl czar details should clear ‘by end of week,’ minister says
The details for Canada’s new fentanyl czar role are expected to be finalized by the end of the week, with Canadians likely to hear “very shortly” after what this new role will entail ...