Romanovs Executed: Bolsheviks End Russian Dynasty
Bolshevik executioners woke the Romanov family at 1:30 a.m. on July 17, 1918, telling them they were being moved for their safety. Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, their five children (ages 13 to 22), the family physician, and three servants were led to a basement room in the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg. Yakov Yurovsky read a brief execution order, then the firing squad opened up. The initial volley didn't kill the children, whose corsets had been sewn with diamonds that deflected bullets. The killers finished with bayonets. The bodies were stripped, doused in acid and gasoline, and dumped in a mineshaft. The remains weren't discovered until 1979.
July 17, 1918
108 years ago
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Nicholas II of Russia
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Alexandra Feodorovna
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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
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Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
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Anna Demidova
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Ivan Kharitonov
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Alexei Trupp
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Yevgeny Botkin
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
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Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
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Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
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Eugene Botkin
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