House of Romanov facts for kids
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| Country: | Quick facts for kids Russia |
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| Current Head: | Disputed
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| Founding Year: | 1613 - Michael I | ||
| Dissolution: | Russia: 1917 - Nicholas II abdicated as a result of the February Revolution in favour of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, who refused to accept the throne until it could be approved by a national assembly |
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The House of Romanov (Russian: Рома́нов) was the second and last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia. It ruled from 1613 until the February Revolution took away the crown in 1917. The later history of the Imperial House is sometimes referred to as the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov.
The Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, who was from a younger branch of the Oldenburgs, married into the Romanov family in the mid-eighteenth century. Though officially known as the House of Romanov, these descendants of the Romanov and Oldenburg Houses are sometimes referred to as Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov.
Images for kids
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A 16th-century residence of the Yuryev-Zakharyin boyars in Zaryadye, near the Kremlin
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Silver coin: 1 ruble Nikolai II_Romanov Dynasty – 1913 – On the obverse of the coin features two rulers: left Emperor Nikolas II in military uniform of the life guards of the 4th infantry regiment of the Imperial family, right Michael I in Royal robes and Monomakh's Cap. Portraits made in a circular frame around of a Greek ornament.
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A crowd at the Ipatiev Monastery imploring Mikhail Romanov's mother to let him go to Moscow and become their tsar (Illumination from a book dated 1673).
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Peter the Great (1672–1725)
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A gathering of members of the Romanov family in 1892, at the summer military manoeuvres in Krasnoye Selo.
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The Romanovs visiting a regiment during World War I. From left to right, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Grand Duchess Olga, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarevich Alexei, Grand Duchess Tatiana, and Grand Duchess Maria, and Kuban Cossacks -
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich with his wife Grand Duchess Victoria and children Kira and Vladimir Kirillovich
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Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, (later Sverdlovsk) in 1928
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Tombstones marking the burial of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in St. Catherine's Chapel at Peter and Paul Cathedral
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Tsardom of Poland
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The Grand Kremlin Palace, Moscow
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Throne of the Tsar, the Empress and the Tsarevich in the Grand Kremlin Palace
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The Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg
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The Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg
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Aerial view of the Peter and Paul Fortress with Peter and Paul Cathedral, mausoleum of the Romanovs
See also
In Spanish: Dinastía Románov para niños
