THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 17
July 17 in history
What happened on July 17: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1918, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Murder of the Romanov family
17 Jul 1918 — Anti-Bolshevik forces are closing in when the Tsar, his wife, their five children and four servants are shot in a cellar. Their bodies are hidden. The memorial remembers the eleven murdered people soberly.
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