El final de los Romanov: el brutal asesi...

Hijo de Víctor Manuel II de Italia, Amadeo de Saboya fue elegido rey de España por las Cortes en 1870. La inestabilidad política del país lo llevó a abdicar al cabo de dos años. 

En el siglo XVII, la ópera saltó de los palacios a los teatros públicos con montajes que deslumbraban al público 

Tres días de excesos en la comida y la bebida, de fiestas y juegos precedían el obligado recogimiento que exigía la Cuaresma. 

Dawn breaks on 16th July 1918. For Nicholas, Alexandra, and the rest of the Romanov family this is just another day in exile. They sit down for breakfast - today it is eggs - and then go about their usual business. The Romanovs had been out in the cold ever since Nicholas II's ab ... Show More

When Vladimir Lenin's older brother was executed by Romanov tsars in 1887, Lenin was thrust into a world of revolutionary politics. From then on he had a single, fervid mission in life: topple the Romanov dynasty and overthrow world capitalism. Learn more about your ad choices. V ... Show More

<p>The Romanov family were the first imperial dynasty to rule Russia, reigning from the early seventeenth century until the Russian Revolution of 1917. Including such illustrious names as Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Alexander I, they oversaw and often instigated, dra ... Show More

<p>The Romanov family were the first imperial dynasty to rule Russia, reigning from the early seventeenth century until the Russian Revolution of 1917. Including such illustrious names as Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Alexander I, they oversaw dramatic changes to the f ... Show More

Tens of thousands of Polish officers were secretly executed in the USSR during World War 2. The German occupying forces reported the first mass grave, in the village of Katyn in 1943, but Moscow only admitted to the killings in 1990. Dina Newman speaks to the son of one of the mu ... Show More

Caesar posthumously adopted his great nephew Gaius Octavius and the 19-year-old was thrust into the center of Roman politics. In the months following the assassination Octavian and Mark Antony vied for the support of the legions.