Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic who is perceived as having influenced the later days of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra, and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei. Rasputin had often been called the "Mad Monk", while others considered him a "strannik" (or religious pilgrim) and even a starets (ста́рец, "elder", a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believing him to be a psychic and faith healer.

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.

Tsarevich Demetrius, or Tsarevich Dimitri, or Dmitriy Ivanovich, also known as Dmitry of Uglich and Dmitry of Moscow, (October 19, 1582 — May 15, 1591) was a Russian tsarevich, son of Ivan the Terrible and Maria Nagaya.

Maria Feodorovna Nagaya (? - 1608) was a Russian tsaritsa and seventh (uncanonical) wife of Ivan the Terrible. Maria married Ivan IV in 1581 and a year later gave birth to their son Dmitry. After the Tsar's death in 1584, Nagaya, her son and her brothers were sent into exile to Uglich by Boris Godunov, where she lived until the mysterious death of tsarevich Dmitry in 1591. Maria and her relatives were accused of "criminal negligence" and, as a result, …

Alexei Petrovich, was the last Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina.

Prince George of Greece and Denmark, known as Uncle Goggy to his family, (24 June 1869-25 November 1957) was the second son of King George I of Greece and Grand Duchess Olga. He accompanied Tsar Nicholas II on his trip to Asia as Tsarevich, and saved him from an assassination attempt in Japan, in what became known as the Otsu Scandal. He acted as high commissioner of Crete during its transition towards independence from Ottoman rule and union with Greece.

Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov, was the infant son of Alexander III and Empress Marie of Russia. He was born on June 7, 1869, and died on May 2, 1870. At the time of his birth, his father, as the eldest son of Tsar Alexander II, was titled as the Tsarevich of Russia. After his elder brother, the Grand Duke Nicholas, the infant Grand Duke was third in succession to the imperial throne. Alexander died of meningitis in 1870.

Nicholas (Nikolai) Alexandrovich Romanov (September 20, 1843 - April 24, 1865) was Tsarevich of Imperial Russia from March 2 1855 until his death. He was also the Grand Duke of Russia and Grand Prince Thronfolger. He was nick-named Nixa. He was born at Tsarskoye Selo, the eldest son of Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaievich, eldest son of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, and Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia is considered by some to be the heir apparent to the disputed Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia, and uses as his title and style of pretension Tsarevich and Grand Duke of Russia. He has all his life been styled His Imperial Highness Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, by grant of his maternal grandfather.

Stephen Yavorsky (c. 1658-1722) was an archbishop and statesman in the Russian Empire, of Ukrainian descent, one of the ablest coadjutors of Peter the Great and the first president of the Most Holy Synod. Born in Jaworow near Lwow, Yavorsky was educated at the Kiev Academy and various Polish schools. Becoming a monk, he settled at the Kiev Academy as a preacher and professor, being appointed prefect of the institution and prior of the monastery of St. Nicholas.

Charlotte Christine, daughter of Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was the wife of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia. On 25 October, 1711 at Torgau, Charlotte Christine married Tsarevich Alexei, son and heir of Peter I of Russia and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina. She allow to keep her Lutheran faith, but any children would be raised as Russian Orthodox. She gave birth to a daughter, Natalia, and a son, later Peter II of Russia.

Ernest John von Biron, Duke of Courland, duke of Courland, was the grandson of a groom in the service of Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland, who bestowed upon him a small estate, which Biren's father inherited and where Biren himself was born. He received what little education he had at the academy of Königsberg, from which he was expelled for riotous conduct. In 1714 he set out to seek his fortune in Russia, …

Karl Farkas was an Austrian actor and cabaret performer. In accordance with the wishes of his parents, he was to study law, but decided to follow the call of the stage. After attending the Academy of Music and Acting Arts in Vienna, he debuted in Olmütz as Tsarevich, in a play by Gabryela Zapolska. After various stage appearances in Austria and Moravia, he returned to Vienna in 1921, where he was engaged by Egon Dorn, the director of the cabaret "Simpl".

Count Gavrila Ivanovich Golovkin was a Russian statesman who formally presided over foreign affairs of the Russian Empire from 1706 until his death. The real control over Russian diplomacy during his lengthy term in office was exercised by Boris Kurakin until 1727 and by Andrey Osterman after his death. In 1677, while still a young man, Gavrila Golovkin was attached to the court of the tsarevich Peter, with whose mother Nataliya he was connected, …

Teimuraz Bagrationi otherwise known as tsarevich Teimuraz Georgievich (April 23, 1782 – October 25, 1846) was a Georgian prince (batonishvili) and scholar primarily known as an author of the first critical history in Georgian as well as for his work to popularize interest in the history and culture of Georgia and preserve its treasures. Prince Teimuraz was born in Tbilisi to Heir Apparent George, …

Alexander Konstantinovich Bagration-Imeretinsky (24 September 1837 - 17 November 1900) was a Georgian-Russian prince, hero of Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and governor-general of Warsaw. Alexander Imeretinsky was born in Moscow Gubernia on 24 September 1837 to a Georgian royal family of Bagrationi. His father, Tsarevich Konstantin was a head of the royal house of the former Kingdom of Imereti (annexed by Russia in 1810) and a Major General in Russian army.

Peter II was Emperor of Russia from 1728 until his death. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, son of Peter I of Russia by his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina, and Princess Charlotte, daughter of Duke Louis Rudolph of Brunswick-Lüneburg and sister-in-law of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. He was also the only male-line grandson of Peter the Great. Peter was born in Saint Petersburg on 18 October 1715 (Julian calendar).

Prince Alexander of Imereti, also known as Tsarevich Aleksandr Archilovich Imeretinsky (1674 – February 20, 1711) was a Georgian prince (batonishvili) of the Kingdom of Imereti who lived as an émigré in the Tsardom of Russia and subsequently served as an artillery commander under Tsar Peter I of Russia. During the Great Northern War, he was taken prisoner at Narva (1700) and spent ten years in Swedish captivity. He died on his way back to Russia.

Vasili IV of Russia was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of false Dmitrii I. His reign fell during the Time of Troubles. Born Prince Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky and descended from sovereign princes of Nizhny Novgorod, he was one of the leading boyars of Tsardom of Russia during the reigns of Feodor I and Boris Godunov. In all the court intrigues of the Time of Troubles, Vasily and his younger brother Dmitry Shuisky usually acted together and fought as one.

Ok'ropir Bagrationi known in Russia as Tsarevich Okropir Georgievich Gruzinsky (June 24, 1795 – October 30, 1857) was a Georgian prince (batonishvili) of the Bagrationi Dynasty. He was born in Telavi to Crown Prince George (the future king George XII of Georgia, reigned 1798-1800) and his second wife, Mariam. After his father’s death and Russian annexation of Georgia (1800), the royal family was forcibly removed from Georgia.

Julius Karl Scriba was a German surgeon serving as a foreign advisor in Meiji period Japan, where he was an important contributor to the development of Western medicine in Japan. Scriba was born in Darmstadt, Germany and practiced medicine in Freiburg im Breisgau. In addition to his medical accomplishments, he was also a gifted amateur botanist, and published a book on the flora of the Grand-Duchy Hessen. He hired by the Japanese government from 6 June 1881 to 5 June 1887, …

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia ("Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanova", (— July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna. Anastasia was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Maria, and was an elder sister of Alexei Nikolaievitch, Tsarevitch of Russia.

Prince Waldemar of Prussia (Waldemar Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Viktor Heinrich) (20 March, 1889 at Kiel-2 May, 1945 at Tutzing, Bavaria) was the eldest son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine. He married Princess Calixta of Lippe on 14 August, 1919 at Hemmelmark. They had no children. Prince Waldemar, like his first cousin, Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, uncle Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine and youngest brother, …

False Dimitriy I was the Tsar of Russia from July 21 1605 until his death on May 17 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich (Cyrillic Димитрий Иоаннович). He was one of three impostors who claimed during the Time of Troubles to be the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, tsarevitch Dmitriy Ivanovich, who had supposedly escaped a 1591 assassination attempt.

Karion Istomin was a Russian poet, translator, and one of the first Muscovite enlighteners (student of Simeon Polotsky). Karion Istomin was a celibate priest and then a hegumen at the Chudov Monastery. He graduated from the patriarchal school and then worked at the Print Yard in 1679-1701. Karion Istomin started as a regular scrivener, then held the post of an editor, and later became the head of the yard. He is known to have authored and translated from Latin historical, …

Tsarina Evdokiya Feodorovna Lopukhina /(Gregorian calendar, August 9, 1669 – September 7, 1731) was the first wife of Peter I of Russia. They married in 1689 but divorced in 1698. She is also the mother of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and the paternal grandmother of Peter II of Russia. Eudoxia was born to Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin and Ustinia Bogdanovna Rtishcheva. Like parents of all the 17th century Tsarinas, they did not belong to the highest aristocracy.

Rev. Robert Kinloch Massie (b. 1956) is an American author, Episcopal priest, and former anti-apartheid activist. He is the son of the famous author and journalist Robert K. Massie, and author Suzanne Massie. He was educated at Princeton University and earned both a Master's degree in Divinity at Yale and a Doctorate in Business Administration at Harvard. He was born with hemophilia. In the process of learning to deal with his disease, …

Tikhon Nikitich Streshnev (1649 - 15 January, 1719, St Petersburg) was a Russian boyar and statesman during the reign of Peter I of Russia, one of the first members of the Governing Senate and the first governor of Moscow after the post was reformed by Peter. Tikhon Streshnev was the son of boyar Nikita Streshnev, who was a distant relative of Eudoxia Streshneva and voevoda in Efremov and Vologda. In 1666 Streshnev was a solicitor, in 1668 he became a stolnik.