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The Romanovs. The History of the Russian Dynasty - (Рома́нов) - The Romanov
The House of Romanov (Russian: Рома́нов) was the second imperial dynasty, after the Rurik dynasty, to rule
over Russia, which reigned from 1613 until the abdication of Emperor Nicholas
II on March 15, 1917, as a result of the February Revolution.
The direct male line of the Romanovs had
already ended with Peter II in 1730. After an era of dynastic crisis, the House
of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg, ascended the
throne in 1762 with Peter III, a grandson of Peter I. All rulers from the
middle of the 18th century to the revolution of 1917 were descended from that
branch. Though officially known as the House of Romanov, these descendants of
the Romanov and Oldenburg Houses are sometimes referred to as Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov.
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