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

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

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 • Nov. 12, 2021

While the leadership of the church recognizes Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna’s claim to the throne, there are other Romanovs who dispute it.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2021

In all the bloody pages of the history of the Romanovs there is nothing comparable to the frightful terror of this period.

From Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by Spargo, John