The Last Czars

When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.

Latest: Season 1 · 2019

E1. The Chosen One
Jul 3, 2019 · 45m
Czar Nicholas II takes the Russian throne in 1894 and rejects modern ideas to embrace a pure autocracy. Tragedy marks his coronation day.
E2. The Boy
Jul 3, 2019 · 45m
Russia’s disastrous war against Japan prompts civil unrest. Prince Alexei is diagnosed with hemophilia, and Siberian mystic Rasputin steps in.
E3. Anarchy
Jul 3, 2019 · 45m
Rasputin’s influence grows. The Romanovs retreat into a bubble of luxury while the czar's forces brutally suppress protests by a starving populace.
E4. War
Jul 3, 2019 · 45m
World War I takes Nicholas to the front. Back home, outrage grows over high casualties and Alexandra and Rasputin’s political intrigues.
E5. Revolution
Jul 3, 2019 · 45m
Rasputin is gone, but Nicholas continues his catastrophic policies in war and at home. Deprivation pushes the population from unrest to revolution.
E6. The House of Special Purpose
Jul 3, 2019 · 45m
The czar abdicates, and civil war erupts. As pro-royalist forces close in on the house where the Romanovs are imprisoned, the family's fate is sealed.