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Romanovs Killed During the Russian Revolution
Written by Susan   
Tuesday, 18 August 2009 20:11
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Romanovs Killed During the Russian Revolution

53 Romanovs were living in Russia when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917. 18 were murdered; 35 escaped. 14 Romanovs were killed between July 13, 1918 and July 18, 1918.

July 13, 1918: Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich had been arrested with Brian Johnson, his British secretary and sent to Perm in Siberia. On July 13, 1918, they were taken to the woods outside Perm and shot. Their bodies have never been found.

  • Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander III, brother of Tsar Nicholas II, 40 years old


July 17, 1918: The entire Imperial Family was shot in the basement of the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Siberia.

  • Tsar Nicholas II, 50 years old
  • Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 46 years old
  • Grand Duchess Olga, 23 years old
  • Grand Duchess Tatiana, 21 years old
  • Grand Duchess Marie, 19 years old
  • Grand Duchess Anastasia, 17 years old
  • Tsarevich Alexei, 14 years old


July 18, 1918: All were taken to an abandoned mine shaft outside of Alapayevsk, Siberia and made to walk blindfolded across a log placed over the 60 foot mine shaft. Grand Duke Sergei Michailovich refused and was shot. The others fell into the mine shaft.

 

  • Grand Duke Sergei Michailovich, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, 59 years old
  • Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, widow of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 54 years old
  • Prince Ioann Constantinovich, son of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich who was a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, 32 years old
  • Prince Constantine Constantinovich, son of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich who was a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, 28 years old
  • Prince Igor Constantinovich, son of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich who was a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, 24 years old
  • Prince Vladimir Paley, son of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, 21 years old


January 28, 1919: The four grand dukes had been imprisoned at the Fortress of Peter and Paul in St.Petersburg since July, 1918. On January 28, 1919, they were taken to the fortress courtyard, ordered to strip to the waist, and executed by a firing squad.

  • Grand Duke Nicholas Michailovich, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, 60 years old
  • Grand Duke George Michailovich, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I and brother of Nicholas above, 56 years old
  • Grand Duke Dmitri Constantinovich, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, 59 years old
  • Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, son of Tsar Alexander II, 59 years old


Source: The Flight of the Romanovs: A Family Saga by John Curtis Perry and Constantine Pleshakov

 

Last Updated on Monday, 24 August 2009 01:02