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Twilight of the Empire: 100th Anniversary of Russian Royal Family's Execution

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July 17, 2018, marks a grim anniversary, as a century ago, the last ruler of the Russian Empire was shot dead together with his wife and children, their remains buried in an unmarked grave.

Nicholas Romanov, the last Russian tsar, was executed along with his wife, Empress Alexandra, his children and servants who refused to abandon their master, in the early hours of July 17, 1918, at the behest of the Ural Soviet of Workers' Deputies.

Their corpses were dumped in a nearby mine where they remained for the next 80 years until finally being reinterred in St. Petersburg in 1998.

© SputnikEmperor Nicholas II and his family. St. Petersburg, 1910s.
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Emperor Nicholas II and his family. St. Petersburg, 1910s.
© SputnikEmperor Nicholas II holding his infant son Prince Alexei.
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Emperor Nicholas II holding his infant son Prince Alexei.
© Photo : Public domainEmperor Nicholas II of Russia. C. 1910s. A dragon tattoo the emperor made during his visit to Japan in 1891 is barely visible on his right forearm.
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Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. C. 1910s. A dragon tattoo the emperor made during his visit to Japan in 1891 is barely visible on his right forearm.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankEmperor Nicholas II (L) with his wife Empress Alexandra (R) and daughter Princess Olga.
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Emperor Nicholas II (L) with his wife Empress Alexandra (R) and daughter Princess Olga.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankThe daughters of Nicholas II.
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The daughters of Nicholas II.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankA captain and his crew greet the family of Emperor Nicholas II as the latter boards a ship.
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A captain and his crew greet the family of Emperor Nicholas II as the latter boards a ship.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankPrincess Maria, the daughter of Emperor Nicholas II.
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Princess Maria, the daughter of Emperor Nicholas II.
© Photo : Public domainEmperor Nicholas II on a hunting trip. Mid-1890s.
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Emperor Nicholas II on a hunting trip. Mid-1890s.
© Sputnik / Nikolai Pashin / Go to the mediabankPrincess Anastasia, the daughter of Emperor Nicholas II.
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Princess Anastasia, the daughter of Emperor Nicholas II.
© SputnikEmperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra seen during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov.
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Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra seen during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov.
© Sputnik / Nikolai PashinPrince Alexei, the son of Emperor Nicholas II.
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Prince Alexei, the son of Emperor Nicholas II.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankPrincess Anastasia, the daughter of Emperor Nicholas II.
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Princess Anastasia, the daughter of Emperor Nicholas II.
© SputnikEmperor Nicholas II (second from the right), Empress Alexandra (first from the left) and Grand Duchess Olga during a walk. Petergof, 1896.
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Emperor Nicholas II (second from the right), Empress Alexandra (first from the left) and Grand Duchess Olga during a walk. Petergof, 1896.
© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankRussian Emperor Nicholas II (L) and his son Alexei.
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Russian Emperor Nicholas II (L) and his son Alexei.
© SputnikEmperor Nicholas II (C) with his fiance Alexandra (L) and her sister Elisabeth (R).
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Emperor Nicholas II (C) with his fiance Alexandra (L) and her sister Elisabeth (R).
© SputnikEmperor Nicholas II reading a book at his hunting lodge.
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Emperor Nicholas II reading a book at his hunting lodge.
© SputnikThe Romanov family on the roof of a house in Tobolsk where they were exiled in 1917, prior to their transfer to Yekaterinburg.
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The Romanov family on the roof of a house in Tobolsk where they were exiled in 1917, prior to their transfer to Yekaterinburg.
© Photo : Public domainThis photo of Tsar Nicholas II and his daughters Olga, Anastasia, and Tatiana in the winter of 1917 is from the Beinecke Library at Yale.
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This photo of Tsar Nicholas II and his daughters Olga, Anastasia, and Tatiana in the winter of 1917 is from the Beinecke Library at Yale.
© SputnikOne of the last pictures of Nicholas, taken during the summer in 1917 when he was exiled to Tobolsk.
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One of the last pictures of Nicholas, taken during the summer in 1917 when he was exiled to Tobolsk.
© Sputnik / Alexander Liskin / Go to the mediabankThe room where Nicholas and his family were shot dead.
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The room where Nicholas and his family were shot dead.
© Sputnik / Pavel Lysizin / Go to the mediabankA church built at the site where the remains of Nicholas Romanov and his family were interred in 1918.
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A church built at the site where the remains of Nicholas Romanov and his family were interred in 1918.
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