They kept them first in one of the russian royal palaces just south of st. Petersburg. Eventually they moved the czar and his family to another royal residence in yakatarinburg, now the fourth largest city in russia. In the summer of 1918, the russian revolutionaries, fighters holding the czar and his family in this residence, they were worried that the counterrevolutionaries, that the loyalists of the czars familiarly were closing in on yakatarinburg. They were worried the czar and his family may somehow be rescued by those counterrevolutionary forces. They were worried the revolution would be over, the monarchy would be restoerd and the People Holding the czar and his family kind of freaked out. They held a secret meeting and apparently took a vote and decided to impose what amounted to an extrajudicial death sentence on the czar, but also on his entire family. On the night of july 16th, 1918, they put the czar and his wife and their kids and even their servants, put them all in the
Eventually they moved the czar and his family to another royal residence in yekaterinburg, now the fourth largest city in russia. In the summer of 1918, the russian revolutionaries, fighters holding the czar and his family in this residence, they were worried that the counterrevolutionaries, that the loyalists of the czars family were closing in on yekaterinburg. They were worried the czar and his family may somehow be rescued by those counterrevolutionary forces. Ey were worried the revolution would be over, the monarchy would be restored and the People Holding the czar and his family kind of fread out. They held a secret meeting and apparently took a vote and decided to impose what amounted to an extrajudicial death sentence on the czar, but also on his entire family. On the night of july 16th, 1918, they put the czar and his wife and their kids and even their servants, put them all in the basement of the house where theyd been holding them, and they shot all of them. They killed the
He was forced to abdicate the throne about two decades later, the bolshevik revolution. 1917, the russian revolution. Were now a century on from that. But as it happened, in 1917, the czar and his family were scared off the throne that year. But then the revolutionaries didnt kill them right away. They kept them alive for a while. They kept them first in one of the russian royal palaces just south of st. Petersburg. Eventually they moved the czar and his family to another royal residence in yakatarinburg, now the fourth largest city in russia. In the summer of 1918, the russian revolutionaries, fighters holding the czar and his family in this residence, they were worried that the counterrevolutionaries, that the loyalists of the czars familiarly were closing in on yakatarinburg. They were worried the czar and his family may somehow be rescued by those counterrevolutionary forces. They were worried the revolution would be over, the monarchy would be restoerd and the People Holding the c
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RIYADH: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has praised Saudi Arabia for being a significant contributor and partner in relief efforts across the world. Roaa Fathi, director of Private Partnerships and Philanthropy at the UNHCR, made the remarks on Friday during her participation in the “Bisat Al-Reeh” exhibition, which is being held as part of the activities of Ramadan