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#OnThisDay in 1918 Nicholas II of Russia and his family are murdered by Bolsheviks

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were murdered by Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918. Nicholas was the last Emperor of Russia and a first cousin of George V, as well as Haakon VII of Norway and Constantine I of Greece. He was forced to abdicate on 15 March 1917. He and his family were then imprisoned. He had hoped to be able to live in exile in the United Kingdom. The British government initially…
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