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At four in the morning of the 18th, Yurovsky arrived back at the forest. He sent some men to watch the road and others to warn the locals that they would be shot if they tried to come near. Ten men had begun trying to retrieve the bodies from the flooded mine. One by one, [read more]

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 16 July 1918, the last full day of life for the Romanovs began. It was a quiet and uneventful day. It was their 78th day at the Ipatiev House. Alexei had a slight cold, but he still went out with the others into [read more]

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 15 July 1918, the delivery of food came at 7 am and came with the special order of plenty of eggs and a quart of milk. One of the Grand Duchesses had requested some sewing thread as well. Commandant Yurovsky had ordered the [read more]

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 14 July 1918, one of the guards of the Ipatiev House knocked on the door of Father Ivan Storozhev, one of the priests at the Ekaterinisnky Cathedral, and requested that he conduct a liturgy for the Romanovs. He agreed to be at the [read more]

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 13 July 1918, Alexei was finally well enough to take a bath. Alexandra spent yet another day lying in bed with pains in her back. Alexandra could hear the shots that were being fired just outside the Ipatiev House to crush a demonstration. [read more]

Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 12 July 1918, Alexandra woke up with a lot of pain and it was so bad that she had to remain in bed all day. Dr. Botkin was there but there was little he could do. He was running out of medicines and [read more]