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The Cheka and a soldiers of the Red Army commanded by a Lieutenant Jacob Yurovksy. Yurovsky fired the first shot with his American-made M-l9ll Colt automatic. a large quantity of these arms were purchased by Czarist Russia for police and special service ( like tank men and armored-car crews) the men at Colt Firearms never dreamed they would figure in the sickening Family-Plan homicide.

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Who was the czar of Russia whose family was all executed by the Bolsheviks?

Nicholas Romanov II was the Czar at that time.


Why was Nicholas the 2nd executed?

The Bolsheviks had the Romanov family assassinated in 1918 when a civil war broke out between the communists and monarchists. The communists' plan was to put a damper on the Tsarist war efforts by deleting the tsar they were trying to reinstate.


Family that had ruled Russia since 1613?

The Romanov dynasty start in 1613 with Michael Romanov, it ended in the 1900's.


Did Frasier and Niles Crane want to be descendants from the Romanov family?

no, they thought they were descendants from the Romanov family


What made Czar Nichalos a leader?

Czar Nichaols was descended from the roayl family of Romanovs. The Communists executed him and his entire family, thus ending the 200-year reign of the Romanov family in Russia---the longest reign of any family in Europe.


Family of Russian czars?

The Romanov Family


How long did Anastasia Romanov live?

It is pretty much universally accepted now that Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov died together with the rest of her family on July 17, 1918 when they were executed by the Bolsheviks. Numerous pretenders to the Romanov fortune came forward, but all have been shown to be fakes (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_Romanov#False_reports_of_survival_and_identification_of_Romanov_remains) and DNA evidence has now confirmed that Anastasia died and was buried with her family.


Who is the man that order the Romanov family to death?

The execution of the Romanov family was ordered by the leader of the Bolshevik revolution, V.I. Lenin.


Why did Anastasia romanov get killed?

Anastasia Romanov was killed purely because she was a Romanov. When the Bolsheviks eventually came to power after Tsar Nicholas abdicated, Lenin ordered that Nick and his family were to be killed to end the Romanov dynasty and family line.


What did Alexia of the Romanov family have?

Hemophilia.


Why was anatasia romanov famous?

Anastasia Romanov was the youngest daughter or Tsar Nicholas II of russia when the Romanov family was executed in 1918 after the Russian revolution of 1917, Anastasia and her brother Alexei, tsarevich (crown prince of russia) were not found among the dead for most of the last 100 years, it has been speculated that Anastasia and Alexei survived the firing squad and somehow escaped


Did Anastasia Romanov have any goals?

No, Anastasia Romanov did not have any goals. All she wanted was to help her family, and keep her family safe.