The Royal Victims

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I have referred to the Royal family of Tsar Nicholas as "victims" because if the accepted story of their fate is to believe, then that is exactly what they are: victims of a brutal and cruel regime in a time of war. It is my hope that I am proved wrong – that they are not victims, and that I owe someone an apology. I truly hope that they escaped and that somehow the likes of Ana Anderson were telling the truth. However, to have any credibility one must subject one's hopes to a healthy bout of reality. Maintaining a deluded fantasy is no way to live.

These next few pages will contain photographs of the victims, of their residences, and their household servants. While words are important, they do say a picture is worth 1000 words, and here is no exception. Sometimes words cannot quite convey just how wrong a death has been, just how violent, how unnecessary, and how scarring on not just a national psyche but an international one. For over 100 years, people have desperately searched for the truth on the Romanovs, praying to God that even just one of them could have survived.

And many of these people have seen the photos. The sweet smiles of the young daughters, the sadness of a prince who couldn't play without fear of hurting himself, and the worried expressions of their parents who wanted the best for their children, but had an entire country to attend to.

So, without further adieu, I will provide detailed profiles on Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their children Tatiana, Olga, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei. I will also provide profiles on those who were said to have died alongside them at Ipatiev house on the night of 17th July 1918. The accounts mentioned on the events during the revolution, including the execution, are all based on the official, accepted stories recognized by governments worldwide. The theories, criticisms, and likely alternatives will follow in time.

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