Every yearhe drew an income of 24 million gold rubles ($240 million today) from thestate treasury, which derived most of its income from taxes and fees leviedon the tsar’s subjects. The richest monarch in the world, his family wealthwas once estimated at $45 billion (in today’s U.S. His realm stretchedfrom Poland to Japan and from the Arctic Ocean to the borders of Turkey, theHimalayas, and China. And yet this unassuming manreigned over 130 million subjects and one-sixth of the planet’s landsurface-an area so vast that as night fell along the western edge of histerritory, day was already breaking on the eastern border. History doesn't get more interesting than the story of the Romanovs Cataloging source RECBK Characteristic document Fleming, Candace Dewey number 947.“Short, with a neatly trimmed beard and large, soft blue eyes, Nicholashardly looked like the imposing ruler of Russia. Deftly maneuvering between the lives of the Romanovs and the plight of Russia's peasants'and their eventual uprising'Fleming offers up a fascinating portrait, complete with inserts featuring period photographs and compelling primary-source material that brings it all to life.

With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World War I raged outside their door and political unrest grew. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. Here is the riveting story of the Russian Revolution as it unfolded. Language eng Summary From the acclaimed author of Amelia Lost and The Lincolns comes more nonfiction at its very best'and a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards.

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Nicholas, II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 - Family - Juvenile literature.Label The family Romanov : murder, rebellion, and the fall of imperial Russia Title The family Romanov Title remainder murder, rebellion, and the fall of imperial Russia Statement of responsibility Candace Fleming Creator

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