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Pursuits

Peter the Great and the Severed Head: The Morbid Beheading of His Wife's Confidant

He had the lover's head preserved in a bottle of spirits.

In Russian history, there are only two leaders who were known as "Great" for their leadership styles and contribution to the country's westernization: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. The former was coincidentally wed to a woman named Catherine as ...

What She Wants

The Love Story of Nicholas II and Alexandra, the Last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia

The Romanov couple left behind a romantic—and forbidden—love story that's remembered until today.

A fairytale match, the story of Nicholas II and Alexandra is one of love and strife. Constantly embroiled in familial and social politics, the couple remained in love until their tragic end exactly 100 years ago. The couple first met in 1884 ...

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