Alexandra Fyodorovna, born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918, was Empress consort of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire. Born a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, she assumed the name Alexandra Feodorovna upon blessing into the Russian Orthodox Church, which canonised her as Saint Alexandra in 2000. Alexandra is best remembered as the last Tsaritsa of Russia, …

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, (June 14 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1899 – July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, (November 3 (O.S.)/November 15 (N.S.) 1895 – July 17, 1918), was the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last autocratic ruler of the Russian Empire, and of Empress Alexandra of Russia. During her lifetime, Olga's future marriage was a matter of great speculation within Russia. Matches were rumored with Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Crown Prince Carol of Romania, …

Prince Ivan or Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia, sometimes also known as Prince John or Prince Johan, was the eldest son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna, née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. He was described by contemporaries as a gentle, religious human being, nicknamed Ioannchik by his relatives. Ivan Konstantinovich was born (23.6.1886 in Old Calendar, …

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaievna of Russia (Tatiana Nikolaievna Romanova, (May 29 (O.S.)/June 10 (N.S.), 1897 - July 17, 1918), was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last autocratic ruler of Russia, and of Tsarina Alexandra. She was better known than her three sisters and headed Red Cross committees during World War I. She nursed wounded soldiers in a military hospital from 1914 to 1917, …

"His Serene Highness" Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley was a Russian poet. Prince Vladimir was born Vladimir Pavlovich Romanov in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His parents were Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, the youngest child of Emperor Alexander II and his father's former mistress, Olga Valerianovna Paley. In 1902, Grand Duke Paul, who been previously married to Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark and two children by her, …

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was the seventh child and fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his first Empress consort Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. He was a younger brother to Alexander III of Russia and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, consort of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. A Poruchik of the Leib Guard, he took part in Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, was consequently promoted to Colonel.

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov, full title: Heir, Tsarevich and Grand Duke (July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of Russia, being the youngest child and the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna. His mother's reliance on the starets Grigori Rasputin to treat Alexei's haemophilia helped bring about the end of Imperial Russia.

Grand Duke Michael of Russia, "Mikhail Aleksandrovich Romanov" (St. Petersburg, November 22, 1878 (O.S.) - Perm, Ural, about June 12, 1918) was the controversial younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Nicholas abdicated in favour of Michael on 2 March (O.S.) / 15 March (N.S.), but Michael declined the throne.

HIH The Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, (1 November 1864 - 18 July 1918) was a German princess of the Grand Ducal House of Hesse and was the wife of the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and the Rhine. Elizabeth was also the elder sister of Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Russian empress, and was known in Russian society for her beauty, charm and good works among the poor.

His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich of Russia was the eighth child of Tsar Alexander II of Russia by his first wife Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse. His birth was commemorated by the naming of the city of Pavlodar in Kazakhstan. He entered the Russian Army and rose to the rank of General, but was known as a gentle person, religious and accessible to people.

Prince Igor Konstantinovich of Russia, was the sixth child of HIH Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna née HH Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. He grew up to be a slender, kind-hearted young man, who fancied theatre, was generally liked by people and spoke a bit too loud. He attended the Corps des Pages, an imperial military academy in Saint Petersburg.

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, April 26, 1859 - January 28, 1919 was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III. A scholar and an eminent historian, he made many valuable contributions to the study of Russian history in the reign of Tsar Alexander I. His works published in Russian and French, include: diplomatic documents of Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon; a life of Tsar Alexander's close friend, …

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich was a son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Emperor Alexander III. He was a General in the Russian army in World War I. During the Russian Revolution, he was imprisoned by the Bolsheviks and shot by a firing squad, along with his brother, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, and his cousins Grand Dukes Paul Alexandrovich and Dimitri Konstantinovich.

Grand Duke Dimitri Konstantinovich of Russia ((June 13 1860 – January 28 1919) was a son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich and a first cousin of Alexander III of Russia. He followed a military career. Although he never played any political role, as a relative of tsar Nicholas II, he was executed by firing squad at the walls of Peter and Paul Fortress during the Russian Revolution.

"His Highness" Prince Konstantine Konstantinovich of Russia, nicknamed Kostia by the family, was the fourth child of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia by his wife by his wife Elisaveta Mavrikievna née HH Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. The Prince was a silent, shy person who fancied theatre and was educated in the Corps des Pages, a military academy in Saint Petersburg. He served in the army during the First World War.

Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (7 October 1869-18 July 1918) was the fifth son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolayevich of Russia and his wife, Cecily, Princess of Baden (Olga Feodorovna), a daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden. A near contemporary of the future Nicholas II, Serge succeeded his cousin as lover of the ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska, and it was either he or another cousin, …