In 1998, they were buried in the Romanovs’ family grave in the St. Peter’s Fortress in St. Petersburg. The Russian Orthodox Church asked the investigators and the state commission a number of ...

"Most Russians (57%) believe that the execution of the Royal family is a ... of revenge for the blunders and crimes committed by the Romanov family, has finally exhausted its credibility.

On July 17, 1918, the House of Romanov came to an end when Nicholas II - the former tsar of imperial Russia - was gunned down alongside his wife and children in a surprise execution. The slaying ...

The Romanovs, descendents of Peter The Great, were the last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia. Nicholas II – the last Emperor of Russian – and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks on ...

Smith was not, in fact, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, who historians believe to have been executed via firing squad along with the rest of the Russian Imperial Romanov family during ...