Vladimir Lenin ordered a detail of the Cheka, Lenin's secret police, under Commandant Yakov Yurovsky murder Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family in the early morning hours of July 17, 1918. This was done during the Russian Civil War in order to stamp out any hope of restoring the Tsar to the throne that the forces opposing the Bolshevik takeover of the government had.
One can find a short first hand account of the incident written by one of the soldiers, Pavel Medvedev, in the book "Eyewitness to History'" (copyright 1987 John Carey, published by Faber and Faber Unlimited in 1987) edited by John Carey.
I assume this question refers to Tsar Nicholas II, although several czars had been assassinated throughout history (Peter the III and Alexander II come to mind)
For example, Tsar Peter III was assassinated by a conspiracy of people who wanted the weak Tsar deposed so that the future Catherine the Great could assume power.
Tsar Alexander III was not killed by anyone. He died on November 1, 1894 of nephritis.
Alexander II is the one who was assassinated. The best accounts credit a Polish national named Ignacy Hryniewiecki with being the one who actually killed the Tsar. Several bombs went off near the Tsar's carriage that day. The first did not kill him but when he got out of the carriage to survey the results another bomb, the one thrown by Hryniewiecki, went off mortally wounding him. Although the Tsar's death has been pinned on Hyrniewiecki, the plot was a group effort.
Tsar Nicholas was the last Tsar of Russia, who was murdered with his family during the Russian Revolution
After the two Russian Revolutions, they were put under house arrest in Siberia. However, after the Civil War began, the ruling communists had the family assassinated so the Tsarists fighting them to restore the tsar would have no tsar to champion.
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Members of the Bolshevik Red Army killed them in July 1918 during the Russian Civil War. The Tsar and his family were being held in Yekaterinburg when their captors learned that a Czech unit of the Russian White Army was nearby and perhaps on its way to free him and his family. The Bolsheviks killed the entire family so that there would be no possibility that the Tsar or any of his heirs could be restored to the throne.
No. A Tsar is always the head of an hereditary monarchy.
Tsar Nicolas was a member of the Romanov family l and the tsar of imperial russia. He also had 5 daughters and one son. Sadly all of them were killed.
Tsar Nicholas was the last Tsar of Russia, who was murdered with his family during the Russian Revolution
Grigori Rasputin was the adviser to Tsar Nicholas II's wife, Alexandra.
Tsar Nicolas formed parliament (Duma) because the peasants wanted it
bloody Sunday was a turning point because it killed the people's faith and trust in the tsar (tsar is leader in Russia)
She ruled Russia when she was married to Tsar Nicolas II. She was a princess in a part of Germany before.
Queen Victioria was described as "the Grandmama of Europe." Her grandchildren were Tsar Nicolas II of Russia, Kaiser Wihelm II and George V. Edward VII was Tsar Nicolas' uncle. Edward VII was George V's father. So I think that makes George, Nicolas and Wilhelm all cousins...... I hope I helped stranger ;)
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was the last Tsar (King) of the Russian Empire he was killed in 1917 during the Russian Civil War when he was ordered killed with his family by Vladimir Lenin first leader of the USSR (soviet union)
The Russian People thought that their leader, Tsar Nicholas II was all together not worthy of being the Autocratic Ruler of their motherland. They thought him incompetent, idiotic and insignificant.
july 16 at their "aparment" killed by guns
The Tsar was killed in the basement of the home of Nikolai Ipatiev (the House of Special Designation as the Bolsheviks called it) in Ekaterinburg (now Sverdlosk) Russia. The Tsar, all his family, their doctor and several servants were also killed. >>>>>>>>>>> Not All died that night. My family resided with the Romanov family in the mansion, my great relative just barely got away with her life that night.
In "The Vendetta" by Guy de Maupassant, the widow's son is killed by Nicolas Ravolati. He is a member of a rival family in Corsica. The widow seeks revenge and ends up killing Nicolas to avenge her son's death.