5 Unsolved Soviet Mysteries

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On July 17th, 1918, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, and his family met a tragic end. They were killed—shot and bayoneted—in the basement of the house where they were held captive in Yekaterinburg. This brutal event marked the cessation of a dynasty that had ruled Russia for over 300 years and extinguished one of the wealthiest families on the planet.

A significant portion of their vast fortune remained undiscovered, fueling speculation and mystery for decades. However, the recent unearthing of a letter from the KGB archives may have finally shed light on the whereabouts of the Last Tsar's lost riches.

It has long been accepted that the riches that are still unaccounted for are hidden somewhere in Siberia. The sparsely populated region was a White Army stronghold for much of the Russian Civil War and enjoyed a brief period of independence shortly after the Bolsheviks took over the Russian government.

The specific location of the treasure, however, has remained unknown. Stalin commissioned searches for the Tsar’s lost wealth throughout the 1930s but found little of it.

During WWII, Hitler financed an expedition to search for the lost gold and jewels during the German invasion of Russia. It was led by former members of the White Army who believed they knew where the treasure had been hidden. The mission was a disaster; the Red Army eviscerated the expeditionary force, and nothing was found.

Even after Stalin's death, the Soviet government continued looking for the treasure. The KGB conducted exhaustive searches and often came up empty-handed.

However, the newly released file on the hunt for the Tsar's gold reveals they may have been close to finding it.

During an interrogation by the NKVD, the KGB's predecessor, former White Army soldier Karl Purrok claimed that he and a fellow soldier had buried 26 boxes of gold and jewels five miles away from the Taiga railway station on the Trans-Siberian Line.

According to Purrok, his company was on a train retreating from the Red Army when his commanding officers realized that they would be captured before they reached safety.

To keep the riches from falling into enemy hands, Purrok and his comrade buried the boxes of gold some eight feet deep. The day after they finished their task, they were captured by the Red Army. According to the KGB report, the treasure was never found...

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