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