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Nicholas and AlexandraNicholas and Alexandra

chapters 33-34 Some people in the captive group began to think of trying to escape, since there was no Bolshevik government in Tobolsk. Monarchist organization had considered the idea of escape before and existed to help the Romanovs but Nicholas always insisted that his family not be separated. Since Kerensky had promised them freedom by the Spring of 1918, they saw no reason to consider escape. Nevertheless, representatives of the various monarchist organizations began to appear in Tobolsk. The followers of Rasputin were undaunted by the revolution. soon after A house in Ekaterinburg was commandeered for the use of Nicholas and Alexandra. The upper floor was the residence for the Romanov family. This was April 1918. Soon the Duchesses received a coded message from their mother telling them to dispose of their medicines. Medicine was a code word for jewels. The staff at Tobolsk started sewing the jewels into the clothing. In May, Colonel Kobylinsky was relieved of his command by troops from Ekaterinburg. This Red Guard unit was headed by Rodiono. soon after a few days in the house the royal family was exicuted brutally by a firing squad in 1917 ending the Russian monarchy for good. Massie uses the brutality to get across to the reader what a large event this was to world history. I learned alot from this book and i enjoyed it very much. It helped me understand russian history as a whole by the way that the family was exicuted: brutally and carelessly. I feel that Massie did a good job of discribing the event and putting it into perspective. All the content in these chapters was valuable and effective in showing the last days of the Royal Family