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Article: Nicholas II. The Last of the Tsars.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 23, 1991
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NICHOLAS II. THE LAST OF THE TSARS. By Marc Ferro. Viking; 320 pages; 16.99 pounds
ON JULY 16th 1918 Tsar Nicholas II was taken out of his confinement in Ekaterinburg, and shot dead. The execution of the entire royal family and their attendants followed. The exact circumstances of the regicide, and who gave the order, remain mysterious. Marc Ferro thinks the order came from the top, from Lenin himself
The enormity of the deed cannot be overestimated. A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance. No matter how dreadful his excesses were, he remained for the people and the church a hallowed personification of ...