REGICIDE IN EKATERINBURG Hardcover – January 3, 2025

This year marks the 106th anniversary of the regicide in Ekaterinburg: the execution of Russia’s last Imperial Family, a heinous crime committed on the morning of 17th July 1918. The murder of God’s anointed, his pious wife, their five precious children and their four faithful retainers, remains one of the darkest pages in 20th century Russian history.This book presents fourteen studies on this tragic event, eleven of which are based on new documents sourced from Russian archival and media sources over the past decade.The first part of this book features the complete and unabridged account of a British Intelligence officer and journalist, who was in Ekaterinburg in the summer of 1918. He was one of the first to investigate the regicide, even before that of Nicholas Sokolov’s famous, yet incomplete investigation in 1919. He goes on to write about meeting Yakov Yurovsky, and shares his impressions of the chief executioner of the last Tsar and his family.The second part features two previously unpublished, first English translations. The first is about those who came to the aid of the Imperial Family during their captivity, including Princess Helen of Serbia and the nuns of the Novo-Tikhvin Monastery. In addition is the testimony of the priest, who perfumed the last sacred service for the Imperial Family, days before their murders.The third part features eleven chapters which shed light on a number of topics, such as who were the eight faithful retainers who survived the regicide; why did Boris Yeltsin demolish the Ipatiev House in 1977; what about the executioners themselves—who were they, and what were their fates?; plus eight additional chapters.Illustrated with 70 black and white photographs Read more