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Article: The murders of Russia's czar and his family still spark curiosity after more than 80 years.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- January 29, 2003
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Byline: Mary Ann Grossmann
In the summer of 1918, former Russian Czar Nicholas II and his family were imprisoned in a house in Siberia.
Before going to bed at 10:30 p.m. July 16, Empress Alexandra wrote in her diary about the boy who worked in the kitchen and played with her 11-year-old son:
"Suddenly, Leonka Sednyov was fetched to go & see his Uncle & flew off _ wonder whether it's true & we shall see the boy back again!"
A few hours later, the imperial family was ordered into a downstairs room, where they were murdered. It took 20 minutes for the gunmen, recruited by the local Bolshevik commandant, to kill Nicholas, Alexandra, their ...