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Posted on 12/07/2008 2:36:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that the last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were victims of political repression and should be rehabilitated... Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, their five children, doctor and three servants were shot dead by Bolshevik revolutionaries in July, 1918. Lower courts had previously refused to reclassify the killings, which had been categorised as simply murder... The Romanovs were shot by a firing squad without a trial, in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. The Supreme Court "declared as groundless the repression of Tsar Nicholas II and his family and ordered their rehabilitation", the judge's decision said on Wednesday. The ruling overturned a decision by a Supreme Court panel in November 2007 not to rehabilitate the imperial family... Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, official attitudes to the royal family have changed dramatically. In 1998, their remains were reburied with great ceremony in St Petersburg... A spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church, Georgy Ryabykh, said the decision "strengthens the rule of law, restores historical continuity and 1,000 years of state tradition".
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Crown Prince Alexei (second from right) was heir to the thronesame photo was available in another topic (click to visit), but in a larger size, so I'm using it.
Prosecutor’s office refuses to rehabilitate Russian royal family
Interfax | 2/21/2006 | Unknown
Posted on 02/21/2006 9:10:33 AM PST by GarySpFc
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Russian Court Rules on Czar’s Killing
AP | 11/09/07 | Bagila Bukharbayeva
Posted on 11/11/2007 4:44:53 PM EST by Tailgunner Joe
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Moscow disputes over metro station named after Royal Family murderer
Russia-IC | 18.07.07 | Natalya L.
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Stalin and Tsar Nicholas II neck and neck for title of greatest Russian
Times of London | 07/16/08 | Tony Halpin
Posted on 07/15/2008 5:34:38 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Is Stalin or Nicholas the greatest? The answer is obvious
Timesonline.co.uk | July 18, 2008 | Simon Sebag Montefiore
Posted on 07/18/2008 3:18:55 PM PDT by forkinsocket
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Sympathy for the Devil-—The Bolsheviks that is.
I liken Bush to Czar Nicholas II. Tragic story, but is one of the most interesting reads of any monumental historical event.
Nicholas II was incompetent and didn’t know it. That’s one of the biggest problems with monarchy.
A Russian church for a Saudi mosque?
Washington Times | December 3, 2008 | Julia Duin
Posted on 12/07/2008 8:10:20 AM PST by Arec Barrwin
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I think I’ve see it....where both Nicholas and Alexandra were obsessed with Alexei. Struck with hemophilia, he was constantly guarded against ‘accidents’ being the only male heir to the throne. A boy in a bubble. Didn’t matter much because the loving hands of leftism made sure he and his family we’re very dead and unrecognizable.
As an American whose ancestors go way back, I've never been too fond of monarchies, but nonetheless, ever since I saw the movie "Nicholas and Alexandra" when I was about 17 (long ago now), it touched my heart and I've read much about them. I'm so glad there are so many photos and newsclips left documenting their lives.
There is a beautiful icon at 4:03 in this tribute to Grand Duchess Maria. I've seen two other icons in various versions, but I'd love to have a copy of this one if I could find out if and how I can order one, looked briefly at the Alexander Palace Time Machine.
There are a couple videos of Maria (can't remember) born in Spain, a survivor who has been working for the family to be "rehabilitated" by the Russian Supremes.
I followed the story of Anna Anderson for years. They was a youtube video about her. They found some of her dna from a surgery before he died and compared it to a Polish relative, and they matched. She was a missing Polish factory worker who turned up in Berlin.
Anna's story is compelling, too, but I never was quite convinced. Glad the whole matter can be laid to rest, and especially fitting that the family finally received a proper burial and are all together in death as they were so close in life.
Maybe Nicholas was inept (re another comment), but he loved his country and seemed like such a good husband and father to the very end.
Grigory Rasputin surrounded by admirers
The winners write the history.
The lefties did what they always do - kill to achieve power they want so that everyone can be ‘equal’- except the people who they kill are not so equal.
The stories of the family's life in captivity, before their murder, are very touching. It's impossible that they would have borne hardship like that unless they really loved each other.
Nope, not true. Anna Anderson or whatever she went by claimed to be Anastasia, but that was shown to be false — a posthumous DNA test verified that she was, as suspected, a mental mary from Austria or whatever, no connection whatsover to the Romanovs. It was an interesting story though. :’)
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Heh... yeah... another drawback to monarchy is, you’re born into it, don’t have any idea how to get out of it (except death or abdication), or any kind of prospect for a different role in life.
Mostly, the tsars were at their best when they took their countries to war. The WWI Russians were successful by fits and starts in the east — the same pattern the British and French had — but the Germans had laid their plans well to counter the looming two front disaster of a war, and like their Austrian allies had the trained manpower and modern artillery, as well as a more appropriate command structure.
The Russians anticipated decisive victories, but there weren’t any to be had, so the long, costly stalemate (which wasn’t costing the Central Powers as dearly until after the Russians were out and the US was in) and failure to prepare for the conflict (the French and Russians colluded before the war, which was something which had been prevented by Bismarck’s treaty system) led to terrible shortages and economic collapse of the Russian homeland.
Plus, I think I recall something about how the Germans smuggled Lenin back into Russia aboard some train...
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