Romanov

or Ro·ma·noff

[ roh-muh-nawf, -nof, roh-mah-nuhf; Russian ruh-mah-nuhf ]

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noun

a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
Mi·kha·il Feo·do·ro·vich [myi-, kh, uh-, yeel, , fyaw, -d, uh, -, r, uh, -vyich], 1596–1645, emperor of Russia 1613–45: first ruler of the house of Romanov.

Romanov

/ raˈmanəf; ˈrəʊmənɒf /

any member of the Russian imperial dynasty that ruled from the crowning (1613) of Mikhail Fyodorovich to the abdication (1917) of Nicholas II during the February Revolution

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It was a decision that would hasten the end of the Romanov Empire itself.

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Nicholas II, the last Romanov, built the graceful Livadia Palace on top of a hill there.

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“Russia has at present less freedom than it had in the earliest days of Romanov rule,” he declared in 1923.

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And then The Romanov Prophecy came in 2004, and The Third Secret in 2005.

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Nicholas Romanov is to blame for the plight of his country and for his own misfortunes.

Not only was the Romanov dynasty ended, but equally so was monarchical Absolutism itself.

The Romanov family in especial suffered severely from these delations.

Michael Fedorovich Romanov has just been elected Czar, and upon him the hopes of the people are centred.

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