The Downfall Of The Romanov Family

The story of how the rulers of Russia for over 300 years met the end of their reign.

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Antique photograph of the British Empire: Women working in cycle factory
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Wooden stool. Brown stool
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Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine - Russian Empire 19th Century
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Antique photo: Czar Nicholas II and Bride
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Antique photograph: Czar Nicholas II and Family
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Yekaterinburg city center in the evening, the temple on the blood , the pond and the business center in the background, fly around the temple
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feet of people walking at night on dry grass and fallen leaves
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King Looking over His Castle and His Kingdom
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Closeup of male legs in black boots. Rear back view of man walking inside dark maze. Man walking inside dark room, corridor. Footage of mystical video. Shot on ARRI ALEXA Cinema Camera in slow motion
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Smoke Over Bullets On The Ground Warzone
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World War One British Troops Standing in a Battlefield
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Cinematic Dolly shot of a human hand holding black colored revolver gun lit with golden lights.
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antique wooden window, on a gray shabby building, around cobwebs and dirt
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Oil lamp lit in the darkness
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An Epic Two Handed Sword Inside a Rock
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horseman fantasy concept
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Awesome flight on drone over the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg at sunset
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World War One battlefields of the Western Front : trenches gimbal shot
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Man in robe holding burning candle against dark background, religious cult
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Sunset in Sankt Peterburg,Winter weather and frozen canal
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Frontal muzzle flash from shot in black gun chamber. Flashing gunfire slow-motion.
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Gun Shells Hitting Ground Phantom 4k (XCU)
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Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.
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Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.
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Barbed Wire In Thick Smoke
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Palace Square with Alexander Column
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Large-Scale Medieval Battle Reenactment. Violent Tribe of Warriors Attack Wooden Fortress Wall, They Climb Ladders, Guards Try to Defend Fortification.They Fight with Axes, Swords, Spears, Bows, and Shields.
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Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg
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SLOW MOTION: Scary spruce forest on dark winter night during heavy snow blizzard
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Time-Lapse of the sculpture of golden two-headed eagle and the angel on the Alexander Column on the Palace Square - St Petersburg, Russia
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Time-Lapse of the sculpture of angel on the Alexander Column on the Palace Square - St Petersburg, Russia
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Human skull: Light sweeps past eye sockets in close up. Spooky and sinister.
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Timelapse Fast Driving on rural forest road at night, pov
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compass and spyglass on old world map in candlelight
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4k Horror Bloody Hand Falling Down
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panorama from top hill to ural mountains
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Doctor doing DNA tests
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Palace Square in St. Petersburg
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Palace Square in St. Petersburg
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Arch Palace Square
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Arch Palace Square
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Silhouette people are digging soil on sunrise
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Flying Over Forest At Night
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Marching to war
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The man opens the door using key
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[izzyalmond]

Like I get that he was a bad ruler but killing the children was brutal. They even killed the dog...the dog can't claim a throne

[snump]

I like that they posted this video exactly 102 years after the family died

[stellarstarrs]

My dad named me Anastasia after the movie. Imagine my horror when I found out what actually happened to them

[watchmedo]

Please, let us remember the children. Olga, Tatiana, Maria Anastasia and Alexei were innocent in this situation and brutally murdered

[histori]

they said Rasputin was from Serbia lmao
It's 'Siberia'. Close in name, but very different places.

[VanessaCardenas._.]

The voice of the person telling these stories is so calming.

[skeingamepodcast]

Hey, fun fact: Alexei had been taking a type of Aspirin (a blood thinned) and Rasputin stopped this. And basically they thought he was magic cuz he stopped giving their hemophiliac son blood thinners!

[BabyLoveD]

Maria was always my favorite of OTMA, she was apparently incredibly strong. When no advisors could be found, she was the one who carried Alexei. She could lift him with one arm. She was incredibly compassionate, and a dedicated protector of her brother and her parents. That’s why she volunteered to go to Siberia before her siblings. In a way, despite the horribleness of it, it’s almost fitting in a way that her and Alexei were buried together, and are still apart from the rest of the family. It’s almost like Maria is still saying “I can protect Alexei.” And I bet her parents would be comforted to know that she’s there with him.

[shaynab]

Everyone: oh yes the Romanov royal family

Me:

[StefanieHow]

It's unhealthy how much I know about the Romanov family. Literally none of this was new information to me, but I'm still ecstatic to consume it.

[Edmonton-ofec]

Apparently, it’s actually easy to explain Rasputin’s supposed miracles. For one, he had an amount of knowledge on plants and herbs, meaning he knew to tell the palace doctor to not give Alexei Aspirin, considering it’s a blood thinner. As to lessening his pain, he wasn’t calming Alexei, he was calming Alexandra. Children, especially young children like Alexei often have a heightened emotional state when their parents are distressed. With Rasputin having an ability to reassure and calm the Tsarina, it has the reciprocal affect of helping to calm Alexei, and thus reducing his pain and allowing his body to focus on repair, rather then stress or pain

[spacegirl]

My great grandpa was serving the imperial army in the cossack division and when the uprising started, he was on an execution list. He and his brother started running away towards Estonia where he met my great grandma. Eventually they ended up in Yugoslavia while planning to run away to Greece. They liked the language, it reminded them of home yet it was far away enough from Russia. And that's the story of my family

[kushluk]

Rasputin was born in Siberia, not Serbia.

[lesismore]

I’m sure the cousin wishes he would have at least let the children flee to Britain.

[hannahhiro]

this entire video just had me thinking about the song Rasputin, Natasha Romanoff and The Disney movie Anastasia

[MikaelaKMajorHistory]

Nicholas Romanov was doomed since his childhood because of his father. It would've been wiser for him to have passed leadership to his brother the moment he had the chance to, but who knows.

[londonellis]

It’s honestly so sad like I get it but it’s also just horrible how they died

[sweete]

This guy keeps confusing Siberia for Serbia yo

[stresssedandsad]

“When police started shooting at peaceful protesters” “this started a revolution”

[reverseflashes]

What's tragic is that Queen Victoria didn't want Alix to marry Nicholas because she knew it would not be safe for her there. She predicted Russia was too dangerous. I'm sure Alix didn't regret marrying the love of her life and having five beautiful children but I wonder if she ever thought about what her grandmother said to her, when she was being held captive with her family, especially towards the end of their lives.