Deseret News archives: Czar Nicholas deposed in 1917, creating a slew of unsolved mysteries
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 8, 1917, protests against food ...
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Faithful British servant murdered by the Bolsheviks alongside 'last tsar of Russia' has his name cleared
As valet to Michael Romanov, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II, Johnson had known he faced execution as the 300-year-old dynasty was swept aside in 1917. Michael pleaded with his faithful ...
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Romanov murders: Poll reveals near 60% of Russians see Czar’s family homicide as atrocity
MOSCOW, July 16. /TASS/. Most Russians believe the murder of the last Russian Czar, Nicholas II, and his family members in 1918 had no justification, describing it as a monstrous crime rather than ...
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Tsarist methods of control - state infrastructure
The Empire did not have an elected parliament (until 1905) and there were no elections for positions in the government. There were no legal or constitutional methods by which Tsarist power could ...