ThemostvividpagesofRussianhistoryandtheestablishmentandconsolidationofRussianstatepowerareassociatedwiththeeighteenRussianTsarsoftheHouseofRomanovwhichincludesuchhistoricnamesasPetertheGreat,CatherinetheGreat,NicholasIandAlexandersI,IIandIII.ThedynastyendedwiththebrutalassassinationofthelastTsar,NicholasIIandhisfamilybytheBolsheviksinEkaterinburgin1917.
TheRomanovdynastyplayedahugelyimportantroleinworldhistory,andtheserieshighlightsthelifestoriesandcharactersofthetsars,recountingtheirrisetopowerandtheircontributiontothedynasty,theirmeritsandtheirfaults,theirachievementsandmistakes,theirvictoriesanddefeatsinwar.
TheseriesalsoexaminestheRussianformof'Caesarism'asasystemofstateadministration-itsadvantagesanddrawbacksandhowtheRussianstatechangedundertheRomanov'srule.
THEROMANOVSistoldineightepicone-hourepisodesusingauniquecombinationofmagnificentCGIanimationanddramaticreconstructionwithcarefulandaccurateattentionpaidtoeachperiod.
