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Jun 09, 2018 - 04:09 PM
In an attempt to get Russia to admit to one of its most infamous and bloodly mistakes against one of its own, Nickolas II or (the House of Romanov), Maria Romanova a.k.a Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, the self-described head of the surviving family of Nicholas II, submitted a legal application to Russian prosecutors that would in turn get Russia to take blame and responsibility for the horrible events that took place on the nights of July 16 and 17 of 1918, when Bolshevik revolutionaries forced Nicholas II to step down from the throne and placed he and his family under house arrest for a year before forcing the imperial family down a flight of stairs (With Nicholas II carrying his only son who was ill with hemophilia at the time) into the basement of the Ipatiev House or (house of special purpose) in Yekaterinburg where they were lined up in a small room and systematically shot to death.
Under Russian law, the legal application submitted to Russian prosecutors would mean a formal admission that Nicholas II along with his wife, children and remaining servants who willingly stayed with the imperial family, was unjustly killed after revolution swept away Russia's monarchy.
After years of research and debate, Maria Romanova successfully got President Boris Yeltsin to admit that Russia was responsible as a community for the wrongful execution of Nicholas II and his family despite the fact that the country's legal system has never recognized that anything wrong happened on the night of July 16 and 17, 1918, when Bolsheviks murdered the royal family.
Boris Yeltsin went far beyond such recognition during his term as Russian president, apologizing for the killings and describing the incident as one of the most shameful chapters of Russian history. The Russian Orthodox Church went even further, canonizing the family as minor saints.
"This is the last step," said German family lawyer Lukyanov. "Why must this be done? Russia needs it, to finally close this disgraceful, bloody chapter of Russian history."
In my personal opinion, Nicholas II was improperly prepared to rule a nation as large as Russia, and he should have had the opportunity to be properly tried and convicted for any alleged crimes that he might have committed.
In no way should his entire family have been senselessly murdered. Even after he willingly stepped down from his position of royalty and power, he, his family and loyal servants were still murdered by a group of barbarian thugs with no conscience who took justice into their own hands and made his entire family pay the ultimate price for his actions as Tsar of Russia. Nor should they (the killers) have been recognized as heros and later promoted to high positions as they once were after this cowardly act of violence. We as people are supposed to be better than that.
But the devil comes in many forms and this unfortunate event will forever be stained in Russia's dark history.
Under Russian law, the legal application submitted to Russian prosecutors would mean a formal admission that Nicholas II along with his wife, children and remaining servants who willingly stayed with the imperial family, was unjustly killed after revolution swept away Russia's monarchy.
After years of research and debate, Maria Romanova successfully got President Boris Yeltsin to admit that Russia was responsible as a community for the wrongful execution of Nicholas II and his family despite the fact that the country's legal system has never recognized that anything wrong happened on the night of July 16 and 17, 1918, when Bolsheviks murdered the royal family.
Boris Yeltsin went far beyond such recognition during his term as Russian president, apologizing for the killings and describing the incident as one of the most shameful chapters of Russian history. The Russian Orthodox Church went even further, canonizing the family as minor saints.
"This is the last step," said German family lawyer Lukyanov. "Why must this be done? Russia needs it, to finally close this disgraceful, bloody chapter of Russian history."
In my personal opinion, Nicholas II was improperly prepared to rule a nation as large as Russia, and he should have had the opportunity to be properly tried and convicted for any alleged crimes that he might have committed.
In no way should his entire family have been senselessly murdered. Even after he willingly stepped down from his position of royalty and power, he, his family and loyal servants were still murdered by a group of barbarian thugs with no conscience who took justice into their own hands and made his entire family pay the ultimate price for his actions as Tsar of Russia. Nor should they (the killers) have been recognized as heros and later promoted to high positions as they once were after this cowardly act of violence. We as people are supposed to be better than that.
But the devil comes in many forms and this unfortunate event will forever be stained in Russia's dark history.
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