Czar Nicholas and his family were taken to the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. On July 16th and 17th 1918, Czar Nicholas, his family, and their entourage were all executed by the Bolsheviks.
Czar Nicholas II
He succeeded his father, Alexander III, who died unexpectedly in 1894.
The Bolsheviks killed them
Czar Nicholas II and his family
Czar Nicholas and his family were taken to the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. On July 16th and 17th 1918, Czar Nicholas, his family, and their entourage were all executed by the Bolsheviks.
Alexander/Catherine Palace was the main residence of the Tsar and his family. But they did have over twenty palaces and mansion at their disposal, ah the decadence. They lived mainly in Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia (Tsarskoe Selo stands for "Czar's Village." It was yellow and probably one of their smaller palaces. They lived in Livadia Palace and Peterhof Palace over the summer. The Winter Palace (seen in the Disney Movie "Anastasia", used to be the main residence of past Czar's, but Nicholas II was told he could not live there because of security problems.
The Alexander palace, the home of Czar Nicholas and his family, (not to be confused with the Alexandra Palace in London) contained fewer than 260 rooms if one counts the numbered rooms on the 1st, mezzanine and 2nd floor plans (less the numbered hallways and passageways).
October 1917, Palace Revolt
I believe it was Nicholas 2nd ?!
Czar Nicholas II
The Winter Palace: Prior home of the last czar, Nicholas II
Death.
He had a 'swimming-pool' or 'Swimming bath' that he enjoyed in the Palace of Alexander and mentioned in his diaries. He even took Aleksey there. The palace of Catherine the Great did have an indoor bathing building and lakes to swim in.
Rasputin
Czar Nicholas II became ruler of Russia in 1894 after the death of his father, Czar Alexander III. He was the eldest son and heir to the throne, following the tradition of hereditary monarchy in Russia.
He succeeded his father, Alexander III, who died unexpectedly in 1894.