The doomed dynasty

New Statesman | July 14, 2008| | Copyright

The doomed dynasty Frances Welch Ekaterinburg: the Last Days of the Romanovs Helen Rappaport Hutchinson, 272pp, £18.99

In the 90 years since the assassination of the Russian imperial family in the cellar at Ekaterinburg, details have continued to emerge. We know how the tsarina looked around the cellar disdainfully before demanding a chair; we know how the drunken Bolsheviks took a full 20 minutes to complete their bloody task. But among the most poignant testimonies are the humdrum final diary entries of the tsar and tsarina. Three days before his murder, the tsar recorded his joy that his ...

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