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- Following the tsar's abdication in March 1917—and the family's hopes of going into exile in Britain dashed when King George V succumbed to political pressure and rescinded his offer of asylum—Nicholas II, Alexandra, and their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei spent the next several months in various forms of gilded house arrest.
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The Russian Imperial Romanov family ( Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, and their five children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei) were shot and bayoneted to death [2] [3] by Bolshevik revolutionaries under Yakov Yurovsky on the orders of the Ural Regional Soviet in Yekaterinburg on the night of 16–17 July 1918.
- 16–17 July 1918
- Olga (1895-1918) “Beautiful blond hair, large blue eyes and a marvelous complexion; a slightly turned up nose similar to that of the Sovereign,” one of the ladies-in-waiting described the look of the oldest daughter of Nicholas and Alexandra.
- Tatiana (1897-1918) Two years after Olga, the second daughter was born. The imperial parents were disappointed – they were awaiting an heir, a son. The daughter was called Tatiana, a rare name for the Romanovs.
- Maria (1899-1918) Alexandra’s third pregnancy was complicated and, later, she got upset that she gave birth to another daughter. “Too bad it wasn’t a son.
- Anastasia (1901-1918) “What a disappointment! The fourth daughter!” the relatives of the imperial family wrote when Anastasia was born. The tensions indeed rose – the question of succession was acute and the empress was ready for any mystical rites to give birth to a son.
Jul 17, 2023 · At about 1 a.m. on July 17, 1918, in a fortified mansion in the town of Ekaterinburg, in the Ural Mountains, the Romanovs—ex-tsar Nicholas II, ex-tsarina Alexandra, their five children, and ...
Oct 25, 2018 · Why Czar Nicholas II and the Romanovs Were Murdered. The imperial family fell out of favor with the Russian public long before their execution by Bolsheviks in July 1918. Updated: March 8, 2024 ...
Jan 22, 2020 · At the time of death, the czar was 50 years old and the empress 46. Daughter Olga was 22 years old, Tatiana was 21, Maria was 19, Anastasia was 17, and Alexei was 13 years old. The bodies were removed, and taken to the site of an old mine, where the executioners did their best to hide the identities of the corpses.
Anastasia, Tatiana, Olga and Maria had been losing their hair from the measles. In June 1917, they shaved their heads and their brother, Alexey, did so in solidarity. Public Domain. On the night ...
Nov 13, 2022 · Inside the Romanov Family's Final Days. It's been more than 100 years since the Tsar and his wife and children were brutally executed, but the story still has the power to shock. Every item on ...
