93. Murdering the Romanovs: The End of a Dynasty

Empire: World History

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Dawn breaks on 16th July 1918. For Nicholas, Alexandra, and the rest of the Romanov family this is just another day in exile. They sit down for breakfast - today it is eggs - and then go about their usual business. The Romanovs had been out in the cold ever since Nicholas II's abdication over a year earlier. First they had lived in their own home, then they were moved to Siberia. Now they have ended up in Ekaterinburg. Outside their compound, the Civil War was going badly for the Bolsheviks. The Whites were taking territory across Russia, including one army that was approaching Ekaterinburg. Fearing the Whites could recapture the former tsar and rally around him, operation 'chimney sweep' was put into action that night. Early in the morning on 17th July 1918, the order was given: the tsar and his family were all to be executed. Listen as William and Anita are joined for the final time by Simon Sebag Montefiore to discuss the murder of the Romanovs. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: empirepoduk@gmail.com Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport + Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.1	W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello Empire Podcast listeners,
0:26.0	Podcast listeners.
0:28.0	Anita here.
0:29.0	This episode is going to be one perhaps if you're of a delicate disposition or you've got small
0:34.8	children or even slightly bigger children who don't like gory story you may not want to
0:40.4	listen to it with them anyway just a friendly warning on with the show. Hello and me William Darimple. Well last time you may remember we were trying to
1:03.4	concertina the whole story of Nicholas and Alexandra into one episode but...
1:08.0	He will not be squeezed. He will not be squeezed.
1:10.5	C-bag will not be squeezed. We were having such fun. I know. It's good to be with you.
1:16.3	It's gone into two again. Honestly I'm utterly utterly charmed by the way you tell a story.
1:21.0	So am I. Yeah this is going to be actually a really hard story to tell.
1:25.5	Things get a bit darker now. Well maybe we just start.
1:28.2	Raspution is dead. The world was going extremely badly and Nicholas and Alexandra have buried their beloved
1:35.7	resputin. Now I think the interesting thing is Nicholas still, though he's advised by the British
1:41.1	Ambassador Buchanan to create a multi-party government or to appoint a
1:46.5	Prime Minister or to institute democracy or something, refuses everything.
1:52.1	He's the one person who really says straight to Nicholas
1:55.0	you're heading for a complete disaster if you don't change your ways this will end
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