The Withering Dynasty: The End of the Romanovs
On July 16, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II's family spent the last supper of their lives together under the reflection of the waning sun. However, for this once powerful family, this was the beginning of their withering dynasty. The name Yulovsky is destined to become an unforgettable symbol in the pages of history. He recorded in his diary: "At about 2 p.m., I received an execution order from my superiors, with special emphasis on the emperor's son not being spared. That night, the person who disposed of the body will come, and the operation password is 'chimney sweep'. ”
In the early morning of July 23, 1918, the Russian newspaper Ural Workers' published this explosive message: "In accordance with the resolution of the Workers' and Peasants' Soviets of the Ural Region, the execution of the former Tsar Nikolai Romanov was carried out in the early hours of the 16th and 17th of this month. This executioner, who once wore a crown, took advantage of the benevolence of the revolution and lived too long. "The fall of Tsarist Russia, the once aggressive feudal empire, collapsed at the hands of Nicholas II. The legacy of our ancestors, such as Peter I and Catherine the Great, was led to a boundless hell under the self-righteous and ignorant reign of Nicholas II. This is a sad and helpless history.
Last Tsar: Nicholas II
Nicholas II, born on May 18, 1868, was born in the village of Tsarshuang near St. Petersburg. His full name is Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov. Under the patronage of Tsar Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna, he enjoyed a privileged life from an early age. However, underneath the gentle exterior of Nicholas II, he was hard-hearted, indecisive, and easily swayed by the power-hungry, ignorant and incompetent queen around him. This empress became a shadow during the reign of Nicholas II, which made him doomed to a tragic fate in the turbulent era of storms and hardships. This is a classic illustration of the unbearable weight behind a successful man.
Nikolai in his youth
Although Nikolai was physically weak from an early age, he was outstanding in Xi learning. Although initially unfavored by his father, Alexander III, he showed great linguistic flair, fluent in German, English and French. He also traveled extensively and received some military training, and was deeply admired by his ancestors for their great achievements in expanding their territories. However, on October 20, 1894, his father, Alexander III, died of illness and was succeeded by Nicholas II, who was only 26 years old. Nicholas's lack of imperial experience and stubbornness led to his rule to the extreme, despite the dangers of the country, leading to a series of wrong decisions.
Military expansion and alienation of the population
Soon after Nicholas II came to power, the pace of military expansion began. On the Chinese side, the tsarist government bribed Li Hongzhang, the top leader of the Qing Dynasty, to betray China's sovereignty. At the same time, the "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty" was signed, and the right to build the Middle East Railway and the South Manchurian Railway was obtained, and China was classified as Russia's sphere of influence. However, the Russo-Japanese War of 1900 and the First World War of 1914 put Tsarist Russia in an irreparable predicament.
At that time, the Russian economy was paralyzed, famine was spreading, and workers and peasants were in a desperate situation for their livelihoods. In the face of the strikes and demonstrations of the people, Nicholas II went so far as to order the army to machine gun fire on the people, resulting in the death of a large number of innocent people. This also became the trigger for the February Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the autocratic rule of the Russian Tsar for more than 300 years, and Nicholas II was forced to abdicate. However, the tsar naively believed that the royalist forces would rescue them, and the dream of a restoration was not shattered.
The February Revolution and the October Revolution
In October 1917, the Russian calendar broke out again, the October Revolution led by Lenin, which overthrew the bourgeois provisional government established after the February Revolution and established Soviet power. In response to the possible restoration of the tsar, the Soviet authorities made a final decision - to execute seven members of the tsar's family and four personal servants.
In May 1918, after a year of house arrest and secret transfer, the Tsar's family arrived at the home of a merchant, the Ipatiev, in Yekaterinburg. Here, the Tsar's family lived a poor and boring life every day. The tsar's four daughters and one son, the eldest daughter Princess Olga (23 years old), the second daughter Princess Tatiana (21 years old), the third daughter Princess Maria (19 years old), the youngest daughter Princess Anastasia (17 years old), and the only son Little Prince Alexei (14 years old). Bidding farewell to the splendid royal life in the past, the family lived a free life in this simple and gloomy civilian place, although there was a little emotion.
Bloody massacres and the end of the dynasty
However, under the haze of history, the Tsar's family did not escape a tragic fate. On the evening of July 16, 1918, the head of the execution team, Yurowski, received an execution order from his superiors and immediately came to carry it out. In this icy and bloody operation, the bodies of the Tsar's family were brutally executed, burned, mutilated, and finally buried in abandoned holes. The once illustrious Romanov dynasty came to an end in this bloody night.
The end of the dynasty, the contemplation of history
The fall of the Tsar's family was not only the end of the dynasty, but also a ruthless rejection of the tyranny of the rule. When power is in power, it is always easy to blind people's conscience, and history often uses blood lessons to reveal the truth. The fall of the Romanovs was an end to autocracy and a rejection of the tyranny of the rulers. On this dark night of history, a powerful and ruthless empire collapsed in an instant, leaving the world with only painful memories and deep lessons.
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This dark night of history has sounded the bell for us to think deeply. The fall of the Romanovs was the end of the reign and the ruthless dismissal of tyranny. When power blinds people's conscience, history often reveals the truth at the cost of blood. Let's trace the footprints of history together, remember that night of the fall, and witness the end of a dynasty. #History# #Romanov# #Tsar#【End】