Especially when their crowned relatives in England should have taken them in..that's what you do for your family--you support each other not throw them to the wolves and let them be dragged to the basement, lined up against a wall and shot like rabid dogs. Who needs enemies when you've got kin like this?
Linda Roy I think you need to read up on your history a little. England was at war with Germany, the Russians were about broker a peace agreement between themselves and Germany, that would of released 350,000 German troops to fight against the allies on the western front. The Romanov family were not held in great favour by the British Royal Family. You have also to bear in mind the The German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, The British King, George V and the Russian Tsar Nicholas Romanov were all cousins, but Kaiser Wilhelm who was allied with Russia, did nothing to help the Romanovs either, there was no close relationship between them. If there had been a good relationship the 1st World War might never of happened, and history would have been changed forever.
Luna Sol i agree with you but only to the children. Im afraid, as the head of state, the tzar and his wife had to go,thats the price you pay for ruling badly,but the children, no! This should not have happened to them.
Luna Sol I've always wondered if the firing squad ever had a moment's regret later in life about shooting unarmed women and children or was it a case of "I was just following orders"?
Looking back on this comment I think I was a little to lenient on the fact that the bourgeoise is a despicable thing that destroys the lives of the worker. Was Lenin justified in doing this. I don't know... Different perspectives reveal different thinking patterns.
Flattery? god no, not to my eyes anyway. He looked untrustworthy right from the beginning to me anyway. He was an out and out schemer and opportunist who took advantage of the Tsarina's weak mind, body, judgement and her family.
Saoirse Kavanagh You are probably right. But my own personal life experiment tells me do not judge people by their looks. I once i had a boyfriend who's got an angelic face, i felt he had to be trustworthy, turned out I was wrong. Maybe I am just lousy at this game. :-)
@frtw4428 Yes, it was indeed Nimoy who was narrating this documentary. This was part of the In Search Of... television series in the mid to late 1970's. It was sort of the forerunner to the Unsolved Mysteries show that aired in the late 1980's.
I'm very sympathetic to the Romanov's, they didn't deserve an execution. But daddybear443 is just saying his opinion. In fact, he didn't insult the Romanov's, he just said they're dead, which they are. You can't report someone to UA-cam or take their account down because you don't like their opinion. That's the whole point of freedom of speech, he's allowed to say what he thinks about this topic, and you're allowed to say you disagree.
According to what I read Paul, son of Catherine the Great hated his mother and hated women and created the Pauline Law forbiding any woman to ascend. From what a historian told me, Nicholas II was about to change the succession rules in 1900 when he didnt think he was going to have a son, so Olga would have been the Czarina.
This is a History Channel program. Some things have to be "dumbed down" a little for general viewers because ultimately the history of the Romanov family is a huge topic to be broaching in the span of an hour! Before minute three, people already familiar with the family will spot a few examples of over simplification. That being said this is an entertaining special and I'd recommend it.
I wonder if Olga had been allowed to rule that the family would still be alive today. Think about it: if she had, would the Czarina been so dependant on Rasputin, whose closeness to the family only alienated the royal family from it's subjects. And whose direct meddling in government appointments during WW1 needlessly imperiled Russian soldiers and the government's stability and effectiveness? Difficult to say, really.
Another tantalising "what if" story to the Romanov family. I agree, had the Pauline Laws not been in effect and Olga been granted her birthright would the family be alive today either by monarchy or just simply living as citizens? It's one that's always pondered my mind, i've always believed Olga would've been a fine Empress. She definitely had the natural makings of one.
@GrandDukeAlonso It's usually said "one of the daughters". Most likely Tatiana, Maria or Anastasia, because Olga was shot in the head and died immediately. But even though we know no one survived, I've always thought it was Anastasia.
Why? What did the 5 little children do? I’d agree if it was just the tsar and maybe even the tsarina but the five children did nothing but live their lives. They did not deserve to be dead. The eldest was 23, barely lived her life and they all deserve a future.
To be replaced by another dictatorship ,much more cruel,without faith and soul.the new Czar was surroundered by members of CP with the same advantages as the royal court.
All four? There are five... And the DNA tests proved that they have a similar DNA sequence to the Tsar and Tsarina, DNA doesn't say whether it is Olga/Maria/Tatiana/or Anastasia, that would of been determined by the appearance of the body before decomposition. The boy was the only obvious one. I think it is unlikely that anyone escaped the execution, but unless I was there I can't say whether it did or did not happen.
Shelby Dennis And that show had an episode about Anastasia and they interviewed Anna Andersen (who years later was revealed to be a Polish former factory worker who had gone missing as a young woman in the 1920s and had a history of mental illness).
It was a terrible thing to happen in Russia that the last ruling Romanovs were murdered, but in spite of that, everything continues, and with a true story like this, people don't forget, and they don't get bored, like I don't.
Actually, Tzar Nicholas was said to speak "Oxford English", so they might not be that far out. As for Tzarena Alexandra, yeah, they probably should have gone with a German accent, she never quite lost it
prince Nicholas romanoff states that the family lived in a cocoon and that nobody save very few chosen people were allowed in. so how then did anna Anderson know so much about the day to day workings of the royal court and family secrets and private matters. steven in london
the problem is that they have gone Hollywood... if you see something on the History channel it is always better to do more research instead of taking them at their word.
They have the wrong date for N II's accession, Alexei's birth and use a painting of A III's coronation as representative as N's. Also use A III's portrait while discussing A II's assassination. Pretty sloppy, and yes, the dates are wrong both for OS and NS calendars.
from 1906-1917 Russia and grand duchy of Finland had a constitutional government (parliament) even the communist Bolsheviks party had 6 seats in the state Duma (after 1912 elections) But under the Dictatorial Communist government of Lenin,Trotsky and Stalin millions and millions of people were killed,in tsarist russia every kind of political opinion were represented by Duma,Semestovo councils and of course by the univercitys and Unions of teachers,doctors,Artists and Intellectuals.There for its a trajedy that the Russia was forced to go to war and later the communist revolution and civill war thus ending the golden age of the russian litterateur,liberalism,history,Silver age. I love Tsars and Romanov Dynasty.
Constitutional monarchs are not bad.Do you think all the Presidents are Democrats ? ,if you think like that then think about President Vladimir Putin who is a dictator
its difficult to feel bad for the last czar and family. they had chance after chance to give some autonomy to the russians, survive as a constitutional monorachy and they failed to do so. the thing that is so awful is they had 4 teenage daughters that were also murdered. i think the english crown had a lot to answer for when they refused them entry into britian. stupidity does not go well w/absolute power. nicholas family (his uncle esp) warned him time after time. as far as the comment about jews, there were many that were leading bolsheviks and members of the red army, ie troksky. perhaps because of the pogroms and discrimination, they were more extreme. just a guess, but one shouldnt paint the bolsheviks w/too broad a jewish brush. most of them - old bolsheviks - were whacked later by stalin
Its difficult to not feel bad . Sure Czar Nicky failed but killing his family didn't change a thing in Russia . I fact Russia was worse off for more than 50 years . when the Czar left "Office" there was no way of coming back so killing young women and a crippled young man of 13 is unforgivable in my book
anne anderson the woman who claimed to be Anastaisa is dead anyway and since Anastasia was the youngest daughter of course they would be dead by now but all the bodies/bones have been found so they all died together. Which is better than one of them going through that experiance and surviving to be alone with those teribble memories of watching their whole family be shot to death.
why is the Tzar's many and sorrid affairs where he disgraced, shamed, and alieniated his wife and daughters not mentioned? Just because history isn't pretty or nice doesn't mean it should be left out of an educational documentary. That caused HUGE problems in his marriage and resentment in his daughters I can't understand why something that relevant would be whitewashed out.
PS One of the things that Rasputin did to help Alexei was he wouldn't let the Tsar and Tsarina or the doctors give Alexei aspirin, which is the worst thing you could give a hemophiliac. I do think he had some kind of mystical healing powers due to the fact that for 10 years, Rasputin ALWAYS healed Alexei. Not a coincidence either.
@ThePau1234 I agree, today's culture is so focused on sex and immediate gratification that most people don't wait to cultivate relationships that are based on love and understanding rather than physical intimacy.
The mass burial site was found with 9 bodies when there should have been 11 then later two other bodies were found that were burned. And they proved to be the son and one of the daughters. So all the members were then accounted for.
Well first Anastasia was not an anime (a Japanese cartoon) and no not at ALL. The only truth in that move were there was the Romanov family that was killed and there was a guy name Rasputin
It's always so safe and convenient to place all the blame for Russia's problems on Rasputin. But let's be frank: Nicholas II had proven himself to have been incompetent long before the arrival of Rasputin on the scene. For lack of a better word, he didn't need Rasputin's (or anyone else's) help in destroying Russia; he was doing a great job of it on his own.
NICOLAS II did not know what to do.His grandfather started reforms He was killed,His father revoked all proceedings started before the murder of his father...
Okay, i am only a kid so I don't know who Actually decided to kill them, but whoever did... I hope you rot in hell. Whoever wanted the romanovs dead, deserved to die. I hope the get tormented by the devil. God bless the romanovs because i am russian and my great grandma loved the romanovs and was very loyal to them.
Marin Chernogorec Many people agree with you, including me . Just a question - were you born in Russia or of parents who were Russian citizenship. It is a very common error for Americans to say they are Irish, Italian, English, etc when they are Americans of those ancestry. I am American and have held American passports for decades-all my ancestors emigrated from Italy so it is correct to say “I am American of Italian ancestry.”I do not have an Italian passport as both my parents and I were born in the USA so are all American citizens.
Nicholas wasn't a bad guy, he wasn't a good ruler, but that doesn't make him a bad guy. The issues were his pride sort of took over, and that's sadly what killed him and his family. I love Russian history, the czars facinate me so much. But ya, he just wasn't cut out for ruling, and when looking back, the only way he would of survived is if he gave up the crown.
@93KJJK I have to agree. The Tsar's problems didn't start the day before he abdicated They were brewing for decades. Here in the US, our economic problems have been brewing for quite some time. The economy didn't go to hell in a hand basket the day before Mr. Obama took office.
I question the motives of their demise. what did it accomplish? The country stayed impovershed and poor, corruption continued and the KGB was born. I do not believe the czar would have started reforms but, I think the country was better off in Romanov rule. They ruled for 300 years and the country folded in less than 100.
The KGB wasn't born until after WWII. After the Russian Revolution the country saw great achievements in education, science, technology, culture, jobs, house, and so on. Work days were reduced to 8 hour shifts with meal breaks and workers were granted a one month vacation annually. Under the Czar more than half of Russia was dirt poor, illiterate, worked 12 to 16 hours days without breaks, and the country lagged behind much of Europe. Please do some homework before posting such comments.
They would have gained the same achievements and accomplishments. If it was such a great idea they wouldn't be annexing Crimea and if you haven't checked your maps, Russia is significantly smaller than when the Romanovs ruled.
wallstreet05 Not through the Czar or even Kerensky; whose governments depended upon the backwardness of Russian society. It wouldn't have developed anymore than Tibet would have under the Dalai Lama.
wallstreet05 Hi Wolf of Wall Street, or huckster speculator moneylender or as there you Yes empire declined, but has improved the lives of ordinary people and the empire is unnecessary us, she takes away only and exhausts forces of the Russian people which to have to contain and serve the outskirts of the empire So What - Dick on empire
Their death is the cause of the mistakes of Empress Alexandra and Tsar Nicholas, it was fatal mistakes. But it seems that they shouldn't had been executed that way.
what propaganda are u referring to ? i have been fascinated by the Romanovs for years, i can't get enough of their story and in particular, when Anastasia was reported to have escaped the killings and was living somewhere in Europe. The awful way the family died was disgusting, and was beyond comprehension
dont forget that Nicholas obviously was behind a lot of murders himself. I understand the sympathy, i agree that those kids didn´t deserve this, but what about millions of children dying in Africa right now? instead of crying about the romanovs that initiative and help those kids.
@ImperialRussianGuard Interesting to see how you can think of the 'common rabble' as lazy. Many of those people who you dismiss worked very hard just to keep their families alive in a largely agrarian society. That was their priority and only concern. Read about the Russian famine of 1891-1892 (its on the internet somewhere) and compare their lifestyles with that of the royal family.
i dont understand why george v. didnt bring the family to england. the british royals knew what would happen. was the czarina stupid or was she so worried about her son that she could not make rational judgements. i still cant understand the power of rasputin.
When History Channel was still about actual history.
How touching to hear Leonard Nimoy refer to it as "Mother Russia" since he's Russian by heritage.
This is a great documentary. I specially appreciate the participation of the great historian Dr Peter Kurth. He's one of the brest.
why did they show a picture of Alexander III when they were talking about Alexander II???
It's nice to hear Leonard Nimoy's voice.
The letters between Nicolas and Alexandria are so sick making; they are beyond lovey dovey.
The sad thing is that... They really did not have to die
Especially when their crowned relatives in England should have taken them in..that's what you do for your family--you support each other not throw them to the wolves and let them be dragged to the basement, lined up against a wall and shot like rabid dogs. Who needs enemies when you've got kin like this?
Linda Roy I think you need to read up on your history a little. England was at war with Germany, the Russians were about broker a peace agreement between themselves and Germany, that would of released 350,000 German troops to fight against the allies on the western front. The Romanov family were not held in great favour by the British Royal Family.
You have also to bear in mind the The German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, The British King, George V and the Russian Tsar Nicholas Romanov were all cousins, but Kaiser Wilhelm who was allied with Russia, did nothing to help the Romanovs either, there was no close relationship between them. If there had been a good relationship the 1st World War might never of happened, and history would have been changed forever.
Luna Sol i agree with you but only to the children.
Im afraid, as the head of state, the tzar and his wife had to go,thats the price you pay for ruling badly,but the children, no! This should not have happened to them.
Luna Sol I've always wondered if the firing squad ever had a moment's regret later in life about shooting unarmed women and children or was it a case of "I was just following orders"?
Looking back on this comment I think I was a little to lenient on the fact that the bourgeoise is a despicable thing that destroys the lives of the worker. Was Lenin justified in doing this. I don't know... Different perspectives reveal different thinking patterns.
10:24 - Yeah.. Now that's a face I would trust. (shudders)..
Hahaah ... but there's some pictures of the guy were kinda flattery. Not trustworthy but at least less crazy. :-)
Flattery? god no, not to my eyes anyway. He looked untrustworthy right from the beginning to me anyway. He was an out and out schemer and opportunist who took advantage of the Tsarina's weak mind, body, judgement and her family.
Saoirse Kavanagh You are probably right. But my own personal life experiment tells me do not judge people by their looks. I once i had a boyfriend who's got an angelic face, i felt he had to be trustworthy, turned out I was wrong. Maybe I am just lousy at this game. :-)
I think the human Rasputin was dead after the first gun shot but since he had demons in him it made get up and try to strangle his assasin
Thank you for sharing this with us, It is a very very sad story, may they all rest in peace.
Whatever their shortcomings, they did not deserve that terrible last hour.
Uh... Why did they show a picture of Nicholas' father when they were CLEARLY talking about his grandfather?
Wait is this the same story as Anastasia the anime movie (: I love that movie ---
only one This is actual history and anime copied a lot from real events.
i love the romonovs!!!
beautiful children absolutely beautiful...so sad...
@frtw4428 Yes, it was indeed Nimoy who was narrating this documentary. This was part of the In Search Of... television series in the mid to late 1970's. It was sort of the forerunner to the Unsolved Mysteries show that aired in the late 1980's.
Thank you for these wonderful videos!
I'm very sympathetic to the Romanov's, they didn't deserve an execution. But daddybear443 is just saying his opinion. In fact, he didn't insult the Romanov's, he just said they're dead, which they are. You can't report someone to UA-cam or take their account down because you don't like their opinion. That's the whole point of freedom of speech, he's allowed to say what he thinks about this topic, and you're allowed to say you disagree.
se refleja un gran amor a su familia y que tragico final tuvo la familia real pero que secretos ocultos existen?.
dont you love how at the end the music changes when they introduce Rasputin? lol
Please correct the awful misspellings in the subtitles of this video.Other than that it is very well-done and historically correct.
Family with heart and soul...
According to what I read Paul, son of Catherine the Great hated his mother and hated women and created the Pauline Law forbiding any woman to ascend. From what a historian told me, Nicholas II was about to change the succession rules in 1900 when he didnt think he was going to have a son, so Olga would have been the Czarina.
They were nice to there kingdom ,even to his soldiers jinrals,How they treat him like this ?
@ 08:13 That was Maria they showed, not Aleksey.
This is a History Channel program. Some things have to be "dumbed down" a little for general viewers because ultimately the history of the Romanov family is a huge topic to be broaching in the span of an hour! Before minute three, people already familiar with the family will spot a few examples of over simplification. That being said this is an entertaining special and I'd recommend it.
@thegreendestiny isn't "shot to death" just a little redundant given the context.
my resources are documentaries, books, diaries. I've spent years of my free time just looking up stuff about the Czars of imperial Russia.
Tsaritsa Alexandra was a beauty
I wonder if Olga had been allowed to rule that the family would still be alive today. Think about it: if she had, would the Czarina been so dependant on Rasputin, whose closeness to the family only alienated the royal family from it's subjects. And whose direct meddling in government appointments during WW1 needlessly imperiled Russian soldiers and the government's stability and effectiveness? Difficult to say, really.
Another tantalising "what if" story to the Romanov family. I agree, had the Pauline Laws not been in effect and Olga been granted her birthright would the family be alive today either by monarchy or just simply living as citizens? It's one that's always pondered my mind, i've always believed Olga would've been a fine Empress. She definitely had the natural makings of one.
@GrandDukeAlonso It's usually said "one of the daughters". Most likely Tatiana, Maria or Anastasia, because Olga was shot in the head and died immediately. But even though we know no one survived, I've always thought it was Anastasia.
Seems like the Romanovs had a better track record then the Commies Did 300 years
"This was a beautiful family."
This was an evil dictatorship that needed to be brought to an end.
Why? What did the 5 little children do? I’d agree if it was just the tsar and maybe even the tsarina but the five children did nothing but live their lives. They did not deserve to be dead. The eldest was 23, barely lived her life and they all deserve a future.
To be replaced by another dictatorship ,much more cruel,without faith and soul.the new Czar was surroundered by members of CP with the same advantages as the royal court.
Thank you so much!!
this is interesting . is there a part 2 or 3?
SPOCK OMG!!!!! Awesomeness
All four? There are five... And the DNA tests proved that they have a similar DNA sequence to the Tsar and Tsarina, DNA doesn't say whether it is Olga/Maria/Tatiana/or Anastasia, that would of been determined by the appearance of the body before decomposition. The boy was the only obvious one. I think it is unlikely that anyone escaped the execution, but unless I was there I can't say whether it did or did not happen.
Is that Mr Spock narrating?
+Nichole Harmon Yes it is. Leonard Nimoy also narrated a show called "In Search Of"
Shelby Dennis And that show had an episode about Anastasia and they interviewed Anna Andersen (who years later was revealed to be a Polish former factory worker who had gone missing as a young woman in the 1920s and had a history of mental illness).
They fate was born after the 1905 defeat of the Russian - Japanese war. The Romanovs lost respect, decency and the will to govern
It was a terrible thing to happen in Russia that the last ruling Romanovs were murdered, but in spite of that, everything continues, and with a true story like this, people don't forget, and they don't get bored, like I don't.
That’s actually Tatiana not Alexei
Nimoy has a great narrating voice
Actually, Tzar Nicholas was said to speak "Oxford English", so they might not be that far out. As for Tzarena Alexandra, yeah, they probably should have gone with a German accent, she never quite lost it
I love the current Nicholas Romanov! He would have made a great Tsar!
i wonder if they loved alexei more than the girls because he was the heir that they so badly needed and wanted...
awwwww alexei so cute!!!
prince Nicholas romanoff states that the family lived in a cocoon and that nobody save very few chosen people were allowed in. so how then did anna Anderson know so much about the day to day workings of the royal court and family secrets and private matters. steven in london
If history has taught us anything it's beautiful people have been murdered since the beginning of time thank God for Jesus our savior😇😇😇😇😇
why are we thankful? Did he stop these "beautiful people" bein killed? What is the relevance?
This makes literally no sense.
the problem is that they have gone Hollywood... if you see something on the History channel it is always better to do more research instead of taking them at their word.
What is the black bar at the beginning? What's being censored? Also, is that Leonard Nimoy narrating?
My contempt of these Romovs is without bounds.
Nor me for you
Leonard Nimoy!
They have the wrong date for N II's accession, Alexei's birth and use a painting of A III's coronation as representative as N's. Also use A III's portrait while discussing A II's assassination. Pretty sloppy, and yes, the dates are wrong both for OS and NS calendars.
from 1906-1917 Russia and grand duchy of Finland had a constitutional government (parliament) even the communist Bolsheviks party had 6 seats in the state Duma (after 1912 elections) But under the Dictatorial Communist government of Lenin,Trotsky and Stalin millions and millions of people were killed,in tsarist russia every kind of political opinion were represented by Duma,Semestovo councils and of course by the univercitys and Unions of teachers,doctors,Artists and Intellectuals.There for its a trajedy that the Russia was forced to go to war and later the communist revolution and civill war thus ending the golden age of the russian litterateur,liberalism,history,Silver age.
I love Tsars and Romanov Dynasty.
down with the monarchs
Constitutional monarchs are not bad.Do you think all the Presidents are Democrats ? ,if you think like that then think about President Vladimir Putin who is a dictator
james seerasinghe world leadership is serverly lacking in leadership qualities.
No more kings or emperors but oligarchs ruled the world
Unfortunately, none of the tsar's children survived. The missing bones of Alexei and one his sisters were only discovered recently.
so true, where u think we can have more
trustful info?
its difficult to feel bad for the last czar and family. they had chance after chance to give some autonomy to the russians, survive as a constitutional monorachy and they failed to do so. the thing that is so awful is they had 4 teenage daughters that were also murdered. i think the english crown had a lot to answer for when they refused them entry into britian. stupidity does not go well w/absolute power. nicholas family (his uncle esp) warned him time after time. as far as the comment about jews, there were many that were leading bolsheviks and members of the red army, ie troksky. perhaps because of the pogroms and discrimination, they were more extreme. just a guess, but one shouldnt paint the bolsheviks w/too broad a jewish brush. most of them - old bolsheviks - were whacked later by stalin
don't forget they also had a 13 year old son, Alexei.
Its difficult to not feel bad . Sure Czar Nicky failed but killing his family didn't change a thing in Russia . I fact Russia was worse off for more than 50 years . when the Czar left "Office" there was no way of coming back so killing young women and a crippled young man of 13 is unforgivable in my book
Cool Saint i concur.
He just wanted to be with his wife and children...
Russia should makes royal family square.
anne anderson the woman who claimed to be Anastaisa is dead anyway and since Anastasia was the youngest daughter of course they would be dead by now but all the bodies/bones have been found so they all died together. Which is better than one of them going through that experiance and surviving to be alone with those teribble memories of watching their whole family be shot to death.
why is the Tzar's many and sorrid affairs where he disgraced, shamed, and alieniated his wife and daughters not mentioned? Just because history isn't pretty or nice doesn't mean it should be left out of an educational documentary. That caused HUGE problems in his marriage and resentment in his daughters I can't understand why something that relevant would be whitewashed out.
Curious. Sources please.
PS One of the things that Rasputin did to help Alexei was he wouldn't let the Tsar and Tsarina or the doctors give Alexei aspirin, which is the worst thing you could give a hemophiliac. I do think he had some kind of mystical healing powers due to the fact that for 10 years, Rasputin ALWAYS healed Alexei. Not a coincidence either.
Anastasia did not escaped she died with the rest. Maria and her brother are the one's who escaped.
Lol I had to take notes on this in class.
@chessinfantry aw it's fine
Princess Tatiana was gorgeous in my opinion
@ThePau1234 I agree, today's culture is so focused on sex and immediate gratification that most people don't wait to cultivate relationships that are based on love and understanding rather than physical intimacy.
Oops... a tiny blooper in the script... it isn't "Tsar and Tsarina of all the Russians" but rather, "Tsar and Tsarina of all the Russias"...
The mass burial site was found with 9 bodies when there should have been 11 then later two other bodies were found that were burned. And they proved to be the son and one of the daughters. So all the members were then accounted for.
Well first Anastasia was not an anime (a Japanese cartoon) and no not at ALL. The only truth in that move were there was the Romanov family that was killed and there was a guy name Rasputin
It's always so safe and convenient to place all the blame for Russia's problems on Rasputin. But let's be frank: Nicholas II had proven himself to have been incompetent long before the arrival of Rasputin on the scene. For lack of a better word, he didn't need Rasputin's (or anyone else's) help in destroying Russia; he was doing a great job of it on his own.
NICOLAS II did not know what to do.His grandfather started reforms He was killed,His father revoked all proceedings started before the murder of his father...
God save the Tsar and God Bless the Romanovs
@GothAkila Who knows? Maybe he was Chuck Norris.
Blackheads, Black and Head. I get the symbolism, always have. The Hunter and "Black". That braclet is Greek.
hahahha my grandma's name is alexandra federovna,so we always tell her she's secretly czarina:)
@valery4vennes unfortunately it did not make them competent leaders...
Okay, i am only a kid so I don't know who Actually decided to kill them, but whoever did... I hope you rot in hell. Whoever wanted the romanovs dead, deserved to die. I hope the get tormented by the devil. God bless the romanovs because i am russian and my great grandma loved the romanovs and was very loyal to them.
Marin Chernogorec Many people agree with you, including me . Just a question - were you born in Russia or of parents who were Russian citizenship. It is a very common error for Americans to say they are Irish, Italian, English, etc when they are Americans of those ancestry. I am American and have held American passports for decades-all my ancestors emigrated from Italy so it is correct to say “I am American of Italian ancestry.”I do not have an Italian passport as both my parents and I were born in the USA so are all American citizens.
Leonard Nimoy or son speak??
Nicholas wasn't a bad guy, he wasn't a good ruler, but that doesn't make him a bad guy. The issues were his pride sort of took over, and that's sadly what killed him and his family. I love Russian history, the czars facinate me so much. But ya, he just wasn't cut out for ruling, and when looking back, the only way he would of survived is if he gave up the crown.
Geoff Roach Y es bit he did that and still they murdered them. Damn those bolshevicks
@93KJJK I have to agree. The Tsar's problems didn't start the day before he abdicated They were brewing for decades. Here in the US, our economic problems have been brewing for quite some time. The economy didn't go to hell in a hand basket the day before Mr. Obama took office.
Rusputin looks like Manson don't ya think?
Yes he does.
Did you watch the Netflix miniseries?
I question the motives of their demise. what did it accomplish? The country stayed impovershed and poor, corruption continued and the KGB was born. I do not believe the czar would have started reforms but, I think the country was better off in Romanov rule. They ruled for 300 years and the country folded in less than 100.
The KGB wasn't born until after WWII. After the Russian Revolution the country saw great achievements in education, science, technology, culture, jobs, house, and so on. Work days were reduced to 8 hour shifts with meal breaks and workers were granted a one month vacation annually. Under the Czar more than half of Russia was dirt poor, illiterate, worked 12 to 16 hours days without breaks, and the country lagged behind much of Europe. Please do some homework before posting such comments.
They would have gained the same achievements and accomplishments. If it was such a great idea they wouldn't be annexing Crimea and if you haven't checked your maps, Russia is significantly smaller than when the Romanovs ruled.
wallstreet05 Not through the Czar or even Kerensky; whose governments depended upon the backwardness of Russian society. It wouldn't have developed anymore than Tibet would have under the Dalai Lama.
remember it was the early 20th century. the world changed drastically after the great war (#1). german, austria, balkan monarchs all vanished
wallstreet05 Hi Wolf of Wall Street, or huckster speculator moneylender or as there you
Yes empire declined, but has improved the lives of ordinary people
and the empire is unnecessary us, she takes away only and exhausts forces of the Russian people which to have to contain and serve the outskirts of the empire
So What - Dick on empire
Their death is the cause of the mistakes of Empress Alexandra and Tsar Nicholas, it was fatal mistakes. But it seems that they shouldn't had been executed that way.
The kids are so cute..
Yes, he is.
@34RiverStone your right, I apologize
what propaganda are u referring to ? i have been fascinated by the Romanovs for years, i can't get enough of their story and in particular, when Anastasia was reported to have escaped the killings and was living somewhere in Europe. The awful way the family died was disgusting, and was beyond comprehension
dont forget that Nicholas obviously was behind a lot of murders himself. I understand the sympathy, i agree that those kids didn´t deserve this, but what about millions of children dying in Africa right now? instead of crying about the romanovs that initiative and help those kids.
@ImperialRussianGuard
Interesting to see how you can think of the 'common rabble' as lazy. Many of those people who you dismiss worked very hard just to keep their families alive in a largely agrarian society. That was their priority and only concern. Read about the Russian famine of 1891-1892 (its on the internet somewhere) and compare their lifestyles with that of the royal family.
Long live the Romanovs you're in my blood, God bless you people
If only Nickolaus had not listed to Raustbuten they wouldn't of needed to be killed.
Grigory Rasputin.
i dont understand why george v. didnt bring the family to england. the british royals knew what would happen. was the czarina stupid or was she so worried about her son that she could not make rational judgements. i still cant understand the power of rasputin.
Anastasia never survived you was fooled !!!!!
Nicholas wanted to love his wife and family.
how were they killed?
In a basement of a house with machine guns then burned
"were" is past tense we are in 2012 and she has been found FACT!!
Gasp SPOCK!!!
nobody basically....the rule was abolished.
@counterstrikenerd321 Cause they were crappy shooters with crappy guns....or Rasputin was secretly a ninja. No Pirate could pull that off.
@frtw4428 indeed it is