House of Romanov
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.
| House of Romanov Романовы | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Founded | 1613 - Michael I |
| Current head | Disputed
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| Estate(s) | House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| 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 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.[1]
House Of Romanov Media
A 16th-century residence of the Yuryev-Zakharyin boyars in Zaryadye, near the Kremlin
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).
Peter the Great (1672–1725)
Lifespan age of all the russian emperors (1721–1918). The House of Romanov was noted for its succession of short-lived royals.
Arms of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
A gathering of members of the Romanov family in 1892, at the summer military manoeuvres in Krasnoye Selo.
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 
Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, (later Sverdlovsk) in 1928
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References
- ↑ "Romanov Dynasty". New World Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 20 June 2009.