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

She has also written several biographies, including ones on Lenin, Catherine II, and the Romanovs.

From Seattle Times

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

Still, about a dozen Romanovs, including Nicholas’s mother and sister, were evacuated from their Crimean estate by warships sent by King George, The Times has noted.

From New York Times

Fleming has a knack for crafting fast-paced true tales aimed at middle grade and teenage readers, with previous books on topics such as the last flight of Amelia Earhart and the assassination of the Romanovs.

From New York Times

The curator has even chosen to pipe in light music, as if ghosts from the last days of the Romanovs were still among us.

From New York Times