100 Years Ago Today, Communists Execute The Romanovs – IOTW Report

100 Years Ago Today, Communists Execute The Romanovs

Nicholas II abdicated the throne of Russia on March 15, 1917 to be imprisoned with his family and loyal staff in the Alexander Palace until being moved to the Ural city of Yekaterinburg in the spring of 1917 and detained in what the communist titled, The House of Special Purpose. The prisoners were isolated behind a 14-foot wooden fence, the windows of the house itself were covered in newspaper. The family was stripped of their belongings and told only to speak Russian as they awaited their fate at the hands of their captors.

The Bolsheviks seized power from the interim government, negotiated Russia’s withdrawal from WWI and started fighting a brutal civil war that would stretch the lengths of Russia. Among the forces opposing the communists were those gathered in the Urals. Fearing the Whites might themselves capture the royal family, the order was given to assassinate the Czar and his family.

The execution was carried out in the basement overnight on July 16-17th.  The bodies would eventually be disposed of in an old copper mine (after being searched for gems, defiled and re-interred from a shallow 9-foot deep mine). More

7 Comments on 100 Years Ago Today, Communists Execute The Romanovs

  1. In remembrance, I’m going to have me some Noodles Romanoff* for dinner:
    – Egg noodles cooked and stirred together with butter and a mixture of sour cream, Parmesan cheese, chives, salt and pepper.

    * Romanov, Romanoff – all sounds the same to me.

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  2. One group of evil parasites gets rid of another group of evil parasites (although the commies were worse). I have zero respect for royalty and that also goes for the English royal family, worthless pieces of shit that they are.

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