WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The bodies were taken to the Koptyaki forest, where they were stripped, buried, and mutilated with grenades to prevent identification. The basement where the Romanov family was killed. The wall had been torn apart in search of bullets and other evidence by investigators in 1919.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nicholas, his family, and their loyal retainers were detained by the provisional government and were eventually moved to Yekaterinburg. On July 17, 1918, when White army forces approached the area, the tsar and his entire family were slaughtered to prevent their rescue.

Detailed explanation-3: -Following their deaths by firing squad and stabbing, the bodies of the Romanov family were disposed of initially down a mine shaft, but were later retrieved to be burned and buried at a secondary site.

Detailed explanation-4: -Here on the night of 16–17 July 1918, the entire Russian Imperial Romanov family along with several of their retainers were executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries, most likely on the orders of Vladimir Lenin.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Civil War between the Red and White Armies continued after the execution of the Royal Family in July 1918. Russia was deep in a civil war between the Red Army (supporters of Bolshevism and communism) and the White Army (Russian and non-Russians who favoured political monarchism).

Detailed explanation-6: -In Yekaterinburg, Russia, Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed by the Bolsheviks, bringing an end to the three-century-old Romanov dynasty.

Detailed explanation-7: -Although more attention is paid to the eighteen Romanovs who were horribly killed during the Russian Revolution, far more Romanovs and their spouses and children, their morganatic spouses and children, and other family members escaped Russia. Some struggled and some had successful lives.