Dramatic explorations of global events that had a resounding historical impact, hour-by-hour, as they unfolded. Romanovs. Communism was arguably born on the night of July 16th 1918 in Russia, when Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov family faced their last stand as they were placed under house arrest while civil war raged outside. Director Paul Murton ; Executive producer Chris Kelly First shown on BBC4
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