Romanovs

Cultural  

1. The family that ruled Russia from the seventeenth century until the Russian Revolution. Empress Catherine the Great and Czar Peter the Great were Romanovs.

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Example Sentences

But historians debate how much responsibility Rasputin bears for the fall of the Romanovs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Though many of the sagas covered here are familiar, like the execution of the Romanovs and the unfortunate fates of Henry VIII’s wives, “Noble Blood” never delivers a rote version of their stories.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

But he took issue with what he said were unsupported storylines, such as the queen scolding then-Russian president Boris Yeltsin about the Romanovs.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2022

Under communism, the Romanovs were often portrayed as backward and responsible for familial and societal collapse.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2021

The last of the Romanovs married Catherine the Greater.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar