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Last Act of a Tragedy: New documents about the execution of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II
by Veniamin Vasilievich Alekseyev

334pages

Published: 1996

Genre: Documentary

Publisher: Urals Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences

Languages: English (translated from the Russian)

ISBN Hardcover: 5769103949; 978-5769103940

ISBN Softcover: No softcover edition available

Print Status: out of print

Last Act of a Tragedy: New documents about the execution of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II

description:

A collection of documents on the incarceration and murder of the tsar's family, the discovery of their jewels, and unearthing of their remains.


Includes bibliographic references and index.

unique features:

Many documents published in English for the first time, such as the guard duty book of Ipatiev house guards. 

similar to:

Fall of the Romanovs

in my opinion:

An invaluable documentary resource, in spite of its lackluster translation.

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