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