Nicholas II of Russia and his family have been made, including "Anastasia" (1956), "Nicholas and Alexandra" (1971), "" (1986), "" (1996 HBO), "Anastasia" (1997), and two Russian adaptations "Assassin of the Tsar" (1991) and "" (2000). Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II or Nikolai II (; 1868 – 17 July 1918), known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer in the Russian Orthodox Church, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 2 March 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia Grand Duchess Elena of Russia, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg () (24 December 1784 [OS 13 December] – 24 September 1803) was a daughter of Grand Duke, later Tsar Paul I of Russia and his second wife Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. After marrying the son and heir of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin she ceased to use her Russian title. Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna was born in Saint Petersburg, capital city of the Russian Empire. The arrival of a second daughter was happy news to her father, Tsarevich Paul Petrovich, who had lost his