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  • Russians commemorate death of last tsar

    07/17/2005 5:00:51 PM PDT · by Tailgunner Joe · 7 replies · 716+ views
    The Age ^ | July 18, 2005
    Thousands of Russians marked the 87th anniversary of the assassination of Nicholas II, paying tribute to the last Russian tsar, who was shot by a firing squad. Orthodox Christian priests led groups of observant Russians, Cossacks and others in processions in Moscow and Kiev. In Yekaterinberg, long lines of regally clad priests marched through the Siberian city to the site where Nicholas II and most of his family were killed on the night of July 16-17, 1918. Hundreds jammed into Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral to participate in ceremonies. Nicholas abdicated in 1917 as revolutionary fervor swept Russia, and he...