Ivan the Terrible

The Russian royal family

A century after the revolution, Russians build monuments to the czars

Culture

The last czar was nicknamed “Bloody Nicholas” after his soldiers fired on peaceful protesters in 1905. But the Russian Orthodox Church made Nicholas II a saint seven years ago, and has funded and consecrated many monuments to him.

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