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The Assassination of Tsar Nicholas II

Yekaterinburg, 1918 After a disastrous war with Germany, the Bolsheviks imprisoned the Romanov family as their supporters approached. Factory worker guards were replaced by Cheka executioners and on 17th July 1918, the family were murdered and buried in a nearby wood. For more than 70 years their whereabouts was unknown but new material released from Russia now conclusively reveals their fate.

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  • Originally Aired July 30, 2012
  • Runtime 25 minutes
  • Network BBC
  • Created April 9, 2013 by
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