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Wednesday 17th of July 1918

106 years ago



Emperor of Russia Nikolai II aka Nikolai the Bloody is executed by a firing squad led by Bolshevik officer Yakov Yurovsky at the age of 50 in Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.


46-year-old Tsaritsa Alexandra, their children 17-year-old Anastasia, 21-year-old Tatiana, 22-year-old Olga, 13-year-old Alexei and 19-year-old Maria survived the first hail of bullets; the sisters were wearing over 1.3 kilograms of diamonds and precious gems sewn into their clothing, which provided some initial protection from the bullets and bayonets. They were then stabbed with bayonets and finally shot at close range in their heads. Non-family members 53-year-old court physician Eugene Botkin, 40-year-old servant Anna Demidova, 62-year-old head footman Alexei Trupp and 36-year-old head cook Ivan Kharitonov were killed with them.