简介:ThemostvividpagesofRussianhistoryandtheestablishmentandconsolidationofRussianstatepowerareassociatedwiththeeighteenRussianTsarsoftheHouseofRomanovwhichincludesuchhistoricnamesasPetertheGreat,CatherinetheGreat,NicholasIandAlexandersI,IIandIII.ThedynastyendedwiththebrutalassassinationofthelastTsar,NicholasIIandhisfamilybytheBolsheviksinEkaterinburgin1917.TheRomanovdynastyplayedahugelyimportantroleinworldhistory,andtheserieshighlightsthelifestoriesandcharactersofthetsars,recountingtheirrisetopowerandtheircontributiontothedynasty,theirmeritsandtheirfaults,theirachievementsandmistakes,theirvictoriesanddefeatsinwar.TheseriesalsoexaminestheRussianformof'Caesarism'asasystemofstateadministration-itsadvantagesanddrawbacksandhowtheRussianstatechangedundertheRomanov'srule.THEROMANOVSistoldineightepicone-hourepisodesusingauniquecombinationofmagnificentCGIanimationanddramaticreconstructionwithcarefulandaccurateattentionpaidtoeachperiod.…