The Bolsheviks, who had seized power in the October Revolution and took control of Tsar Nicholas II and all his family. A Czech contingent of the White Army was on its way to liberate the royal family when the Bolsheviks decided it was better for them to be shot than be restored to the throne.
It was WWI when Czar Nicholas II of Russia was overthrown. The year, 1917. the following year, he and his entire family were assassinated.
There was no czar in Russia in 1940. The last czar was Nicholas ll who was assassinated along with his whole family in 1918. The ruler in Russia during 1the 1940s was Joseph Stalin.
In 1917 the Russian czar and his family were assassinated.
Czar Nicholas II
Czar Nicholas and his family were taken to the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. On July 16th and 17th 1918, Czar Nicholas, his family, and their entourage were all executed by the Bolsheviks.
Death.
Nicholas Romanov II was the Czar at that time.
Czar Nicholas II and his family
The Bolsheviks killed them
Czar Nicholas II and his wife and children
Nicholas II became the Tsar in 1894 at the age of 26. His reign lasted until March 15th, 1917 at the age of 49. He died one year later at the age of 50 after being shot three times in the chest. He was the first one to be killed the night the Romanov family was assassinated.
Nicholas Romanov II was Czar before the Russian Revolution.