On 16 July, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, their children and their doctor were executed by the will of the people. Following the Great October Revolution, the Soviets under the leadership of Lenin overthrew the autocratic regime of Tsar Nicolas II. Nicholas II was declared an enemy of the people and volunteered to go into internal exile within the newly founded Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. On 16 July, 1918, the order came from Comrade Yakov Sverdlov to execute the former Royal Family. The Royal family was executed in the basement of their home in Yekaterinburg, which was later renamed Sverdlovsk after Soviet politician Yakov Sverdlov, who approved the execution. The execution became a symbolic political act indicating that there was no turning back to the autocratic monarchy. The execution was carried out by members of the Bolshevik Party.
Following the untimely collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 25 December, Juche 80, the Russian Orthodox Church beatified the royal family. I strongly opposed the beatification of the former Royal family over their relationship to Grigory Rasputin. I believe that their relationship with the “Mad Monk” is actually heresy and they should not be considered saints. I believe the Soviet stance on the former royal family is correct and they are enemies of the people, or vrag naroda.
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