People of the Revolution and the USSR
- Alexander Nikolayevich II Александр Николаевич II The Tsar who tried to modernize the old regime from above through emancipation and reform, and became the revolutionaries' prime target
- Alexander Alexandrovich III Александр Александрович III The 'Peacemaker' who reversed the Great Reforms and re-established autocracy as the unshakeable creed of the Russian state
- Nicholas II Николай II The last Tsar, who believed autocracy was a duty from God
- Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova Александра Фёдоровна Романова The last Empress, whose reliance on Rasputin helped doom the dynasty