tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post5201407854823431343..comments2024-03-26T07:37:54.729+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Ci-Devant: 17th July 1918: The Execution of the Imperial FamilyGareth Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-6656537477298393382016-05-24T16:03:27.502+01:002016-05-24T16:03:27.502+01:00A very nice and moving post! Could you elaborate a...A very nice and moving post! Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean with Tatiana being one of the most right-wing members of the Imperial family? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-29104667766811969802015-11-03T02:49:47.823+00:002015-11-03T02:49:47.823+00:00After reading "The Last Tsar", I believe...After reading "The Last Tsar", I believe that Tsar Nicholas II was not ever properly prepared to be a ruler. He was a gentle family loving man who was born into the wrong position. Both his parents were strong willed and cause him to become subservient in nature. He was a people pleaser and when his wife would give counter advise to other people that were advising him, he appeared toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-11075344685731622572012-09-26T21:16:18.498+01:002012-09-26T21:16:18.498+01:00Extraordinary post. Yes, the Bolsheviks were righ...Extraordinary post. Yes, the Bolsheviks were right--Communism is an universal movement with the same immutable characteristics everywhere: where it takes root, the people perish. <br /><br />As a refugee from Cuba, I can attest that the greatest crime of Communism is what it does to the character of the people. The execrable Che Guevara promised a "New Man". And in Cuba, he has JCMarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057315722950980013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-19877025027449190352012-07-19T14:20:43.532+01:002012-07-19T14:20:43.532+01:00Let's be honest though, the Tsar could have do...Let's be honest though, the Tsar could have done more (far more) to stop Russia descending into revolution in the first place. They done nothing to stop the corruption and misery which had crippled Russia and her people.Bremen Bod Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16464055034278598862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-30085462138968480612012-07-17T22:55:40.326+01:002012-07-17T22:55:40.326+01:00As someone whose own father had to escape Communis...As someone whose own father had to escape Communism (Czechoslovakia, 1969), your article ought to bring home the evils of Communism which even 20 years after its collapse are still with us today in more subtle and insidious forms. That there are still people who are apologetic for it makes me angry, as is the fact that modern Russia seemingly has not come to terms with it, in terms of repudiatingDavid Votoupalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580606716887515975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-35970298386237909692012-07-17T18:36:53.189+01:002012-07-17T18:36:53.189+01:00"Grossly immoral?" What on earth could ..."Grossly immoral?" What on earth could justify such a gross calumny? Tsar Nicholas II was a Christian gentleman, a devoted husband and father, a patriot who loved Russia and served it to the best of ability. The fact that he was in many ways ill-suited to the particular challenges that befell him, challenges which might have defeated any ruler, does not make him or his regime "Theodore Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16242452485576182841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-10235200047394294262012-07-17T17:15:53.070+01:002012-07-17T17:15:53.070+01:00How does one praise a post when the events describ...How does one praise a post when the events described in the post were so horrific? What the Romanov family experienced in those last moments chills me every time I think about it. <br /><br />I didn't realize that the Grand Duchesses were eliminated from being Tsarinas and tehcnically there would have been no reason to execute them. It makes the execution even more heinous. <br /><br />Thank Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356995940195777993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-19969058865993099792012-07-17T14:05:13.889+01:002012-07-17T14:05:13.889+01:00I think as grossly immoral as the Tsar was, any re...I think as grossly immoral as the Tsar was, any regime that practises capital punishment loses its claim to moral superiority over the regime that went before. By killing one lot, the next lot proved they were just as exploitative and ruthless as the leaders they despised.<br /><br />And children, for goodness sake :((((Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-28211428732639489442012-07-17T02:26:35.033+01:002012-07-17T02:26:35.033+01:00Thank you very much.
It's a very interesting ...Thank you very much.<br /><br />It's a very interesting point about the Grand Duchesses being murdered in case they either became claimants to the throne or mothers of future tsarist claimants. In other European monarchies - for instance, Austria or Great Britain - that would certainly have been the case. However, under the internal rules of the House of Romanov and the statutes of the EmpireGareth Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102113677858015813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354677738876576370.post-83722870335852264772012-07-17T02:15:35.066+01:002012-07-17T02:15:35.066+01:00As usual, a thorough and thought provoking post, G...As usual, a thorough and thought provoking post, Gareth. I read The Last Tsar, whose author, Edvard Radzinsky, had access to the Tsar's personal diaries, and the papers of the execution squad. <br /><br />I wonder if the execution of the Grand Duchesses could have been to prevent any possible claim to the Imperial throne for them, either directly, or for any surviving nobleman who would have miladybluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063936507480569735noreply@blogger.com