On the night of July 16, 1918, Russia’s last czar, Nicholas II, was murdered with his wife and five children in a basement in Yekaterinburg, where they had been detained by the Bolsheviks for four months. On orders from Moscow, they were shot and bayoneted, and their mutilated bodies were set afire.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (L) and Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov) of Yegoryevsk (C) look on during their visit of the public exhibition "Orthodox Russia. My History. From Great Turmoils to Great Victory" at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall during the celebration of National Unity Day marking the 403rd anniversary of the 1612 expulsion of Polish occupation forces from the Kremlin, April 11, 2015.
