The Brutal Killing Of Czar Nicholas Ii Of Russia And His House Hold By Revolutionist

Starting on the night of July 16, 1918, and continuing into the next morning, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra, their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, and their servants were brutally killed by the revolutionary Bolsheviks.

For months beforehand, the Romanov family had been held captive following Nicholas II’s abdication of the throne. Moved from place to place by their captors during the Russian Revolution, they had no idea that the Ipatiev House would be their final destination.

 On the night of their execution, the imperial family was originally told that they were merely taking a photograph to quiet rumors that they had escaped the Bolsheviks. 

It was only moments before the execution began that they were informed that they were about to die, and what followed was an excruciating 20-minute ordeal that involved bullets, bayonets, and brute force.