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#Romanovs100 finale: Centenary of Romanov family execution (LIVE UPDATES)
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On this day 100 years ago, Russia's last reigning monarch, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife and five children were murdered by the Bolsheviks. Follow #Romanovs100 Live Feed to find out what exactly happened on July 16th-17th, 1918.
16 July 2018
10:36 GMT
Commandant Yurovsky visits us on a daily basis. Today, after a week of promises, he finally handed over to us 50 eggs donated by the sisters of Novo-Tikhvin nunnery. That’ll be good nutrition for Alexei #Romanovs100pic.twitter.com/qRoJNIYbWc
— Dr Eugene Botkin (@Botkin_1917) July 16, 2018
10:24 GMT
4 women were sent by local Soviet to wash floors in Ipatiev house. They could only nod & smile, as forbidden to talk to them but found @OTMA_1917 sweet & kind. They seemed so natural & unaffected: ‘They were not gods, but ordinary people like us, simple mortals’ #Romanovs100pic.twitter.com/ZkmsiTYmFI
— Romanovs100 (@Romanovs100) July 16, 2018
