Jean Sévillia: the story of these sovereigns who never managed to return to power. Tsar Nicholas II, who had abdicated in March 1917, was assassinated with his entire family and a few close friends.
The day after his death, the liquidation of the imperial family was undertaken on Lenin's orders. Until January 1919, a total of 18 members of the Romanov dynasty were executed. Most of those who escaped the massacre took refuge in France, but no survivors were descended from the last tsar.