What happened to the Romanovs?

The February Revolution of 1917 resulted in abdication of Nicholas II in favor of his brother Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich. The latter declined to accept the throne, terminating the Romanov dynasty's rule over Russia.

- After the February Revolution, Nicholas II and his family were placed under house arrest. Several members of the Royal Family, including Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia, managed to establish good relations with the interim government and eventually fled the country during the October Revolution.

- On July 17, 1918, Bolshevik authorities, led by Yakov Yurovsky, shot Nicholas II, his immediate family, and four servant members in the cellar of the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Before shooting them however, they took a picture of the family so as to show the people that they were still alive. But the reason they were killed is because the new govenment didn't want them to escape and gain influence again.

- After the murder, theories were out through the decades because two members of the Romanov family members' bodies were missing. This was Alexei and Anastasia. Then months later, a girl named Anna Anderson posed herself as the real Anastasia. After Anderson's death, they tried to test her DNA but she had no blood relationship with the Romanov family at all.