Because most of Russia lived under the limit of starvation. In the late 19th century hunger death was not uncommon and yet the government exported weat out of the country to finance the new buldings of railways. To the rest of the world they said "There is no hunger in Russia". This is just one of the many things happening in Russian for a very long time. The people whom the country was built on was straving, but the elite just got richer and richer. The Romaovs were victims of the revolution. The Tsar could have done something, but his family should not have been killed, they didn't do anything to deserve to die.
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.
Quite recently, DNA testing confirmed that Anastasia Romanov was killed with the rest of her family. There were bones (or bone fragments) found from each family member of the Romanovs.
No, Anastasia Romanov did not have any goals. All she wanted was to help her family, and keep her family safe.
The Bolsheviks/red army
Because they wanted to kill off the whole Romanov family so they're would never be another Tsar to rule Russia.
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.
On July 16, 1918.
The Bolsheviks killed them
No, Anastasia was killed with the rest of her family on July 16 (17th?) 1918
There were many men on the execution crew who killed the Romanovs. Takov Yurovsky was is charge of the execution and killed some of the family members himself.
Quite recently, DNA testing confirmed that Anastasia Romanov was killed with the rest of her family. There were bones (or bone fragments) found from each family member of the Romanovs.
The Romanov dynasty start in 1613 with Michael Romanov, it ended in the 1900's.
no, they thought they were descendants from the Romanov family
The Romanov Family
That would be Nicholas II, who abdicated for himself AND his son in 1917. He and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks afterwards.
The execution of the Romanov family was ordered by the leader of the Bolshevik revolution, V.I. Lenin.
Yes, the Czar and his family could come back and try to take back the government. Killing all of them meant that the issue was settled. Lenin killed a lot of people to ensure his power was intact.