The Last Days of the Romanovs - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ... SOLDIERS' DEPUTIES Presidio Yekaterinburg, April 30, 1918. On the 30th of April, 1918, I, the undersigned, Chairman of the Ural District Soviet of Workmen's, Peasants' and Soldiers' Deputies, Alexander Georgievitch Beloborodoff, received from the Commissar of the All Russian Central Executive Committee, Vasily Vaselievitch Iakovleff, the following persons transferred from the town of Tobolsk: (1) The former czar, Nicholas Alexandrovitch Romanoff; (2) former czaritza, Alexandra Theodorovna Romanova; (3) former grand duchess, Maria Nichelaevna Romanova--all of them to be kept under guard in the town of Yekaterinburg. (Signed) A. Beloborodoff, Member of District Executive Committee, D. DlDKOVSKY. PART II The Narrative of Mr. Robert Wilton, Special Correspondent of THE TIMES (london) Based Upon the Original Dossier of the Investigating Magistrate Nicholas Alexeievich Sokolov THE NARRATIVE OF MR. ROBERT WILTON CHAPTER I PROLOGUE The true story of the martyrdom of Nicholas II., ex-Tsar of Russia, and of his wife and family is told below. It is based upon evidence obtained by a properly constituted legal investigation. The signed depositions of eye-witnesses are in the writer's possession, but he does not disclose their identity because many of the deponents are still in the power of the Soviets. The day will come when the guilty will be called to account, but a long time may elapse before the day of retribution dawns. The writer has sought to present the opening for the prosecution, fully confident that the eventual hearing of the evidence before a Court of law will substantiate his statement and impose a verdict of "Guilty." At Ekaterinburg, on the night of July 16, 1918, the Imperial family and their faithful attendants--eleven persons in all--were l...
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About the Author:
Robert Archibald Wilton (1868 –1925) was a British journalist who worked on the European staff of the New York Herald, remaining with that newspaper for fourteen years, and corresponding on both Russian and German affairs. He then took up an appointment as The Times correspondent in St Petersburg, and became known as a keen observer of events in Russia during the last years of the Tsarist regime. After the Revolution, he moved to Siberia. Following the collapse of the Kolchak government, Wilton managed to escape from Russia and eventually arrived in Paris where, in 1920, he rejoined the New York Herald. In 1924 he joined the staff of a newly founded newspaper, the Paris Times (which published in English). He died from cancer at the Hertford British Hospital in Paris early in 1925. Wilton served with the Russian army during the First World War, and was awarded the Cross of St George.
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1154758184
- ISBN 13 9781154758184
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages94
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