are buried, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini
Former Czar Nicholas II and his family were killed in Yekaterinburg on July 16 or 17, 1918. The whereabouts of their bodies was unknown for years until they were discovered in 1979. The bodies were exhumed in 1991, and today are buried in a special chapel in Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. Nicholas et al. apparently couldn’t be laid to rest with the other czars in Peter and Paul Cathedral because he had abdicated prior to his death.
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini
and now buried at Peter and Paul Cathedral
in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini
at Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini
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