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Witness History: The Killing of the Russian Tsar

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The Killing of the Russian Tsar

16/07/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Killing of the Russian Tsar

The Russian Tsar and his family were shot in a cellar in Yekaterinburg on 17 July  1918

The Russian Tsar and his family were shot in a cellar in a house in Yekaterinburg on 17 July  1918.

The Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, four daughters and young son, were shot in the cellar of a house in Yekaterinburg on 17 July 1918. Olga Romanoff is his great niece. She spoke to Olga Smirnova about his death and eventual reburial in St Petersburg. 

(Photo: Nicholas II, Tsar and his family. From left to right - Olga, Maria,Tsar Nicholas II,Tsarina Alexandra, Anastasia, Tsarevitch Alexei and Tatiana. Credit: Press Association

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