The Romanov Dynasty
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The Romanov Fate During the night of July 16th/17th 1918 thirteen people were executed at Yekaterinburg in the cellar of Ipatiev’s house. Among them were Nicolas II, the last Tsar of Russia, his wife Alexandra and their five children. The powerful Romanov dynasty who has reigned over Russia during three centuries had for ever totally disappeared. [More...] |
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Rasputin In 1905, a strange person introduced into the Russian Court; He was a Siberian peasant whose name was Gregory Rasputin. Everyone was intrigued by that man with a bushy beard, and blue cold piercing eyes. He said he was a starets, a holly man and was sure of having received from God a gift for clairvoyance and healing since he almost died during his childhood. [More...] |
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Family Life The imperial family was almost sacred and the tsar was a holly person. Nicolas II was the most powerful man in Russia; He owned eight sumptuous palaces and one estimated his fortune to over 45 billion of dollars. However his led a relatively simple life and his family was of major interest to him. The imperial couple was very close and spent a lot of time with their children. [More...] |
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Revolution From 1905 onwards, one noted protests against the Tsar autocratic politics. The Russian people wanted changes and a new constitution. But the Tsar refused to reconsider his ways of ruling the country. On January 22nd 1905, a host of workers pacifist wished to send the tsar a petition. Trying to get to the Palace, the demonstrators violently repressed by soldiers of the Imperial Guard made many victims. This massacre to the name "Sunday red" severely stained Nicholas II’s reputation. [More...] |
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Tsarskoie-Selo and Tobolsk As a result of the Tsar abdication, a provisional Government is implemented and civil war broke out in Russia. Alexandra is ever more weakened by anxiety and her health as well as that of her daughters was deteriorating. Representatives of the Duma announced the imperial family are all now in a state of arrest and assigned to residence in one of their Tsarskoie-Selo Palaces. To protect the Romanov from attacks of the people, which was becoming increasingly hostile, more than a thousand soldiers took position outside the Alexander Palace. [More...] |
