The new book of the modern writer-historian A. Shirokorad gives answers to many questions related to members of the imperial house of the Romanovs. During the revolution and the Civil War, more than half of the members of the Romanov dynasty ended up abroad in different ways. How were their fates? Who and why decided to claim the crown of the Russian Empire? In what relationship were the members of the august surname with emigration? Which side were the Romanovs on during the Second World War? Which of their descendants has fully adapted abroad? And finally, the main question: is restoration of the monarchy in Russia possible in the 21st century?