The Year of the last Romanovs (2018)

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 8 July 1918, the Romanovs were confronted with a group of strangers just as they emerged to use the bathrooms. Nicholas noted in his diary, “Inside the house new Latvians are standing guard.” The morning was cool after the storm yesterday. The new [read more]

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 7 July 1918, the family woke up to a bright and sunny Sunday. For the first time in two weeks, Alexandra ventured out into the garden with everyone else. But later that day, a violent storm passed over the city and all the [read more]

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 6 July 1918, King George V and Queen Mary were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. How close had Alexandra come to becoming Queen of entire differently country? If only Queen Victoria had had her way. Nicholas and Alexandra would not make it their 25th [read more]

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 5 July 1918, the newspapers were buzzing with the news that Romanovs had been murdered by the Bolsheviks. Their assassination had already been falsely reported several times before. However, the family was still very much alive and unaware of the rumours. They had [read more]

Today we begin our countdown to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. By July 1918 life at the Ipatiev House had become numbingly routine for the Romanov family. The family woke up at eight in the morning. They washed, dressed and said their prayers together. Tea and bread was provided over roll call. [read more]