Chapter III: Part III

I THE MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE REVOLUTION 415

II CHRONOLOGY OF THE DOCUMENTS 417

III EXPLANATION OF RUSSIAN NAMES MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENTS 420

IV ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF NAMES 422

ILLUSTRATIONS

H.I.M. NICHOLAS II, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA _Frontispiece_

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THE MARTYRED FAMILY 64

RAZPUTIN WOUNDED AT HIS VILLAGE HOME 64

ALEXANDRA’S DESPAIR OVER RAZPUTIN’S DEATH 65

EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA AND THE TZAREVICH ALEXIS NIKOLAEVICH IN LIVADIA (CRIMEA) 65

THE TZAREVICH ALEXIS AND HIS SPANIEL JOY, IN THE PARK AT TSARSKOE 65

GRAND DUCHESS OLGA 96

GRAND DUCHESS TATIANA 96

GRAND DUCHESS MARIA 97

GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA 97

EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA IN TOBOLSK 192

THE IPATIEV HOUSE IN EKATERINBURG (GENERAL VIEW) 192

YANKEL YUROVSKY, THE MURDERER 192

THE IPATIEV HOUSE, SHOWING THE FENCE STOCKADE AROUND THE HOUSE 193

THE TSAR SAWING WOOD IN THE COURTYARD OF THE GOVERNOR’S PALACE, TOBOLSK 193

BED-ROOM OF THE EMPEROR AND THE EMPRESS IN THE IPATIEV HOUSE 193

DINING-ROOM IN THE IPATIEV HOUSE 256

THE GRAND DUCHESSES’ ROOM IN THE IPATIEV HOUSE 256

THE COMMANDANT’S ROOM IN THE IPATIEV HOUSE 257

THE HALL AND DRAWING-ROOM IN THE IPATIEV HOUSE 257

THE IPATIEV HOUSE: THE ROOM IN THE BASEMENT WHERE THE IMPERIAL FAMILY WAS MURDERED 288

YANKEL (JACOB) SVERDLOV, THE RED TSAR 288

THE EMPRESS’S GREAT DIAMOND PENDANT 288

A CROSS BELONGING TO THE EMPRESS 288

PEARL EARRING BELONGING TO THE EMPRESS 288

IKONS (HOLY IMAGES) BELONGING TO THE EMPRESS AND HER DAUGHTERS 289

THE ENTRANCE TO THE SHAFT NEAR EKATERINBURG 289

PLAN OF IPATIEV’S HOUSE AND GROUNDS AND OF UPPER AND BASEMENT FLOORS 307

NEW ENVIRONS OF EKATERINBURG, SHOWING ROAD BY WHICH THE BODIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY WERE CARRIED, AND THE PIT WHERE THE ASHES WERE BURIED 321

“FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH” 384

THE FAULTS OF THE EARLIER INQUIRY 384

AT THE GANINA MINE 385

THE PYRE AT THE BIRCH TREE 385

THE HAND OF THE RED JEW MURDERERS 385

ALEXANDRA’S GOOD LUCK SIGN 408

THE MYSTERIOUS INSCRIPTION IN THE DEATH CHAMBER 408