Nicholas and Alexandra | by HRH Prince Michael of Kent | A&E Biography | Part 1

Narrated by Jack Perkins, presented by HRH Prince Michael of Kent, includes interviews with Prince Nicholas Romanov (1922-2014), and people who were born in the late 19th century, and witness to Nicholas II's reign.
For almost a century their fabled dynasty and tragic fate have been enveloped in myth and surrounded by mystery. Now, with the opening of the former Soviet Union, the true story of Nicholas and Alexandra can be told. This groundbreaking production, filmed on location throughout the former Soviet Union and Europe, presents a treasure trove of information and documents that have been kept secret for decades. Intimate diaries, letters, and personal effects from the once-sealed imperial archives tell the astonishing story of the Romanovs' reign. Chilling eyewitness accounts, testimony from executioners, and a somber exhumation finally put to rest the enigma of their dynasty's horrifying end. Stunning, fact-filled and grand, this is the ultimate chronicle of a romance that changed the world.
Originally produced by A&E Biography, 1998.
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[@kathrynjordan8782]

HRH Prince Michael of Kent does look like Tsar Nicholas II. This is such a beautiful documentary of Nicholas and Alexandra. A beautiful love story between them. A shame that it ended in tragedy.. May they rest in peace.

[@andrealuisecandido1154]

and am born as a girl on 4. 28. 1966 and i donT look like Al[ex]andra

[@catsberry4858]

The eyes?

[@missstgermainify]

He does. Prince Michael is a handsome man

[@gertrudneumeir9063]

@@andrealuisecandido1154 5a4aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa5

[@jamestucker9524]

Not only does he look like Tsar Nicholas 11; but also King George V from whom he is definitely descended.

[@lynneturner553]

United in eternity. Such a loving family thrust into a situation they were not prepared for and didn't want. May they rest in peace.🙏❤💓

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thanks for watching! We have many more videos on our channel which you will surely find interesting. Have you been able to watch any of them yet? Very best wishes for a wonderful Christmas! 🎁🎄 The RRM Project Team Feel free to explore our book’s website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book

[@sandranorman5469]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Thank you very much.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

@@sandranorman5469 you are very welcome! Merry Christmas!!!

[@patriciabarkley735]

The Romanovs are lucky to have such a wonderful love. It is a shame everything turned out to be such a tragedy. They had a beautiful family. Rest In Peace. ❤️🌹❤️

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Yes, their love set them above everything that was trying to harm them, and it was the power that kept them tied until the very end!

[@suzanneheilman8171]

S up 6m

[@Petal4822]

King George should have taken Tzar Nicholas and his family into Britain.

[@patriciabarkley735]

@@Petal4822 , Yes, I agree. It’s a shame how all that went down. They were such a beautiful family. ❤️🌹❤️

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

@@Petal4822 yes, I’ve always thought the same thing and remain absolutely baffled why he didn’t. They were first cousins after all.

[@richardmcleod5967]

Michael of Kent looks like Czar Nicholas II himself. Amazing resemblance.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Very true!

[@MsG55580]

@Que serra So too are you and all of humanity.

[@FormulaPunRacer]

Don’t forget his own grandfather George V

[@annacostello5181]

Not amazing. Inbreeding

[@SallyTheWolf]

this is why prince Michal of Kent is one of my favorite of the royals. he is so many documentaries and sometimes its good to hear from them to.

[@f.frederickskitty2910]

Czar Nicholas seemed like a very thoughtful, sweet and romantic man ❤ I didn't realize how in love he & Alexandra really were (since love is not really high up on the list for royal marriages in this era). RIP Romanov's

[@mimi1o8]

😅 ikr, mistress weren’t around apparently.

[@ROCKSLIDZ]

Read the book by Robert Massie, 'Nicholas and Alexandra.' It's so well written. Read the first chapter or two and you'll be hooked.

[@tobascoheat6582]

@ F. Fredrick Skitty Isn't that the truth?!! Neither love NOR morals are seen as necessary or valuable. Such a disgrace!

[@worldtopgun-3525]

He was a bloody Butcher. Everything from Bloody Sunday to Czarist Pogroms. Any wonder no allied country offered him nor his family political exile. Not even the British Royal family offered him exile.

[@suekelley2109]

It is an excellent book

[@joysoul4089]

2:47As Prince Michael comments about how very similar to the cousins were, then turns and looks at the camera, it's strikes me how much HE looks like them both

[@marthaaccettullo3174]

As I have mentioned earlier , Prince Michael of Kent reminds me of his cousin Nicky Romanov So handsome the both of them

[@joannewinter7879]

Tragic story so wonderful they have never been forgotten. Their memories will last for all eternity .. Thank you for another wonderful post. Joanne NZ ❤

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thank you for your continuous support, Joanne! It means so much!

[@margaretreid2153]

I also have a fascination for the Russian Royal Family, I don't know why,and love the music of some of those Russian composers,I am also from NZ, thank you for these wonderful documentaries.

[@jamilahana1728]

What a tragedy ! Not everyone is born to be a ruler even if they are born a king. It was not Tsar Nicholas's choice. He was too gentle for such a heavy task. Putin would have been a ruthless tsar. I feel sad for this family, thrust in history against their will.😢💔🙏🌹

[@ashleyleonard8148]

That's why I feel awful. He didn't want it. He wanted his brother to take it and he willingly abdicated. He refused. And why would Nicholas think democracy would help? Any westernizing was seen as damage as his ancestors died when they tried to implement. Causation isn't correlation. But, you can't blame him, as someone religious and superstitious, not thinking it was directly due it.

[@jesseusgrantcanales]

Breaks my heart to see the home movies of the Czar, being carefree and enjoying activities with his family...Knowing what became of them and what they endured..

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

They lived a happy life.

[@zzzbbbooo]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs And ignored the plight of their people...for years.

[@juonisback]

@@zzzbbbooosocial media wasn't a thing back then

[@rorygilmore2470]

the romanovs were such a beautiful family. they will never be forgotten. 🙏🏻❤️

[@gianfrancofallore5997]

Thank you Romanov family also thanks to the documenter. It is in a way giving this unfortunate family the justice they deserve. Salute to Nicolas 2 and Alexandra Romanov. I will remember you and your children until I finish my own history.

[@lunnaya_deva]

😢

[@melanievanderbril7599]

Yes she spoke english! Not only. She was a very intelligent woman. Very sensible and loving art. She was also very interested in the normal people. Also her daughters spoke english! She wrote several letters king Albert I of Belgium and Maria Hendrika, belgian queen

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

They think she didnt? I wish I grew up bilingual like the girls did

[@matthewvanreek]

Sorry, I was wrong about that. Just did the search and the Romanovs used to speak English.

[@melanievanderbril7599]

@@matthewvanreek i wish you a merry christmas and much happiness.

[@matthewvanreek]

@@melanievanderbril7599 thanks Melanie, the best to you as well!🎩

[@nerd3379]

@@melanievanderbril7599 Nicholas spoke faultless English just like his younger brother, the brothers also spoke fluent French, and passable Danish and German

[@tobascoheat6582]

Such genuine loving and caring words they wrote and spoke to each other! Oh, that people today were like that! In spite of all their untimely death, the life they did live leaves a message here for us, today!

[@baylorsailor]

My husband and I are like that 🥰

[@serenasurim5339]

What a loving and handsome man Nicholas was!

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

That's Why His Children Came so Beautiful 😍 The Boy Would've been very Handsome like His Father too If He got to Adulthood Without the Hemophilia or been Killed

[@lizadivine3785]

I feel so bad for Nicholas. 47 years ago my dad died and my brother was thrust into taking over the family business. He had not been prepared and he didn’t want the role. Suffice it to say, it didn’t go well.

[@theresanault5219]

For a long time all I knew about the Tsar and Empress were "bloody Nicky" and Rasputin. In the 80s or 90s A and E had a series called The Last Russian Tsar. It was far different then what I was taught . Years later I purchased a book on their love letters. This led me to read two more biographies. I became convinced they were saints. I can't remember when or how I learned the bodies had been discovered.i closely followed that story also. I read memoirs written by a female friend, I think Anna, and one of the tutors, I think his name wad Peter,who made it out alive and recorded his memoirs about his time with the family. I remain a devout Roman Catholic with a strong devotion to this family. They have proved to be strong intercessors especially Holy Royal Duchess Marie. I frequently ask her to intercede for one of my daughters each time she responds quickly. I also read a biography of Grand Duchess Olga, the Tsars sister, who escaped and migrated to Canada. She died in poverty. In Canada. I ordered your book The Holy Martyrs. I highly recommend the book . A dream of mine is to make a pilgrimage to The Church on the Blood.

[@annacostello5181]

They were Orthodox tho. Not Catholic

[@wendyqallab6906]

The King of England could have saved them but did not. What a awful person he was. The sad thing is they looked like twins.

[@karynkay328]

@@wendyqallab6906 he did not force miraiad of reasons including the fact that the British government was against it.

[@Shakespearelover1717]

@@wendyqallab6906 I understand it was primarily Queen Mary, who resented Alexandra. Alexandra had pulled rank on Mary in their very young years since Alexandra out-ranked Mary, who was born of a small duchy of Teck. In the ensuing years, Mary decided to “get even,” by persuading King George to rescind the offer of asylum. Queen Mary had no idea of the consequences of her actions. I’m certain she suffered for her choice.

[@wendyqallab6906]

@@Shakespearelover1717 It is unforgivable.

[@henrypoku2113]

Very sad, but informative. This tragedy should never happen again.

[@alexandersasha1423]

Long love and Rest In Peace forever Romanovs!💛🙏🏻✝️☦️

[@fionahiggins6682]

I still cannot believe this . RIP ...you gentle Souls .

[@chrisanthipanou4807]

Long Live the Romanovs 🙏

[@Elleoaqua]

Ummm... they died.

[@chrisanthipanou4807]

@@Elleoaqua yeah I know but still Long live the Romanovs

[@user-xl4ks9ec3f]

@@Elleoaqua only their bodies, their souls are still alive.

[@suzannecharette8704]

Their is a survivor Anastasia who is .Melania Trump's grandmother! Melania is a Romanov ❤️

[@cathylanders6377]

@@suzannecharette8704 and Anya romanov is still alive in the anastasia ainme

[@sn4rff]

wonderful that this documentary exists - thanks for sharing it. i imagine that most of the contributors must, themselves, have passed away since the recording was made. it's so important that their memories are preserved.

[@meeeka]

Michael of Kent is still alive, as of november 2022

[@patriciajrs46]

​@@meeekaThat's good.

[@minoutarromantic5805]

It's such a delight to hear the elderly people who were born in the 1890s and early 1900s (some of them were just a little older than the Romanov girls!) talking about their experience of worshipping in person the Romanov family when they were alive. You can tell by their happy facial expressions and joyful speeches how great it was, when the Bolsheviks took power it must have been for them as if the entire world became dark. Thank you for this video, this is the best channel on KZbin about our Romanov Martyrs.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thank you for this wonderful post, Lucas! You are so right! Those elderly people make it so clear that the so-called revolution did not express the feelings of the Russian people, but only served the purposes of the elite. It was a coup from above and from within the State - the people never lost their love for their Tsar!

[@juliac3933]

No human being should be worshipped

[@jackievandewijngaart6377]

HRH prince Michael look just like The Tsare Nicholas and his grandfather.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

So true!

[@trawlins396]

HRH Michael is gorgeous imo.

[@maryannebrown2385]

Isn’t that just crazy! Strong genes-they look so much alike.

[@britusman]

because they are all related thru queen victoria.

[@rorygilmore2470]

@@trawlins396 i assume you mean Princess Michael of Kent? she’s pretty, but not a very kind person.

[@eawe]

A tragedy beyond belief. I have read many books on this topic and it is still hard to understand how this happened. Thank you for this program. I look forward to learning more.

[@CristhianCris]

I just hope they have such a special place in heaven 🙏🏻

[@daniel8728]

They are Martyrs

[@patriciajrs46]

Being a martyr doesn't guarentee a place in Heaven. Salvation is a wholly personal doing and I hope that the Romanov family had their hearts right with God Almighty.

[@kathleenwindasgoodwin9165]

The Romanov family: May their memories be eternal.

[@annacataruozzolo196]

Whenever I think to what happened to the Romanov Royal family my heart breaks into hundred pieces..

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Hello, Anna! Thanks for watching and for your comment here! If you are really interested in the truth about the life and death of the last Romanov family, as well as to what really took place in Russian during that turbulent era, then we highly recommend our book, which offers previously unpublished materials strictly from primary and archival sources. Our book brings to light a multitude of unknown and unrevealed facts, which evince that many truths remain silenced or distorted to this day. If you like to learn more, you can visit our official website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book In the pages of the book, the eye of the reader’s mind will be apprised of the portraits of the Romanov family's psyche, depicted with the colors of their very own words from the personal writings of the family and of those who lived very close to them.

[@myassizitchy]

Wow.. Anna you are GORGEOUS 😱 hope u dont mind me sayin but i js had to 😉

[@patriciajrs46]

Mine, too.

[@succulentaesthetics6620]

Such a wonderful kind of Royal family. May God bless them all, their kingdom is not here on earth but in Heaven.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thank you for watching our video! Feel free to explore our book’s website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book Very best wishes! The RRM Project Team

[@bethbartlett5692]

Jack Perkins, Narrator Extraordinaire He takes me back in time every time I listen.

[@terrybardy2848]

This was when the A&E channel was a good channel, not the garbage they have today!

[@pierrefireball2505]

The Imperial family of Russia was a very loving closed knitted family. They were not like the usual Royal family of Russia, which was very aloof or rather felt higher than other people of Russia. They were rather simple in their lifestyle.

[@bar10ml44]

Aloofness was their downfall

[@SmartPracticeSuccess]

As someone else stated, aloofness was their downfall, directly contributing to their murder. It’s important to distinguish between their personal, private lives and their public lives as rulers. Nicholas and Alexandra were very much in love and had a beautiful family and happy home life. Quite an idyllic personal life by all accounts. But Nicholas was ill-prepared for life as Tsar and made horrendous decisions, took bad advice, etc. He clung to autocratic rule with absolute authority in the face of changing times, to his great detriment. Alexandra was gripped by overwhelming fear for her son and embraced Rasputin who seemed to be the only one who could offer help. The Russian populace was aware of Rasputin’s character and her refusal to acknowledge the problem or explain Alexei’s situation at all exacerbated the problem. Instead of offering at least some information and explanation to the people, she withdrew almost entirely, focused only on her own problems. Neither ever acknowledged or sought to alleviate the suffering of tragedies like the trampling of people at their coronation. Worse, they attended a ball that night. And they continued to make similar, poor ruling decisions up until their murder. Admittedly, they didn’t seem to have malicious intent, but they were utterly incompetent as rulers. They completely failed to see and acknowledge the changing times, instead falling back on autocratic rule with absolute power, outdated even then. They cruelly ignored people’s suffering, causing PR nightmares without realizing what a big problem they created. Bluntly, they made supremely STUPID decisions as rulers. Alexei’s health should have been at least been minimally explained. Rasputin should have been banished. The tragedies and people’s suffering should have been acknowledged and alleviated to the extent possible and balls should have been cancelled. Autocratic rule and absolute power should have been relinquished in favor of some form of democracy. Etc. Most of all, Nicholas and Alexandra should NOT have withdrawn from the public or cocooned themselves away from public life. Eventually, it all added up. Their fate and the end of the Romanov family was an absolute tragedy. However, their own behavior as rulers directly contributed to their murder.

[@cliffordthiedeman9960]

Such a tragedy, history will never forget them. Rest in peace gentle souls. CPT

[@sailorg504]

I’m fascinated with how handsome Tsar Nicholas II was.

[@rorygilmore2470]

Tsar Nicholas II was extremely handsome! i absolutely love him.

[@sailorg504]

@@rorygilmore2470 yea no wonder Alexandra was so madly in love with him!

[@rorygilmore2470]

@@sailorg504 what a lucky woman omg. x

[@catherinekapralova4482]

yes He was the most unimaginably handsome

[@danamarie7144]

Same hes such a handsome man

[@JorgeRodriguez-po7kx]

Thanks for Uploading this Never miss an episode of Biography back in the day BTW

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

You're welcome! Yes, it was a wonderful series and we only managed to find this video in VCR from an old shop!

[@marijooneill8015]

Biography was one of my favorite programs, finding out about the different lives of people.

[@karinkoen9767]

Will always be a sad horrible story.

[@savagedarksider5934]

That Bum Princip is partial to blame.

[@patriciaakinyombo2256]

The sadder story is how these royal families abused their ppl for hundreds of years. Ppl starved and died under these ppl while they stayed n the lap of abundance

[@trawlins396]

The Tsar was such a handsome man. Has anyone watched the series on Netflix? I liked it.

[@TheSaltyBitch]

I watched it. It was good but I'm picky when it comes to fictionalized fact or factualized fiction, depending on the subject matter. I still enjoyed it despite the inconsistencies though.

[@bobhitchcock7598]

They actually showed the tattoo they Czar had,he got it when he was a young man in Japan.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

@@TheSaltyBitch you are very right. That series is sadly full of fictitious additions and the distortion of the historical truth once again has added to the century-long propaganda against the Imperial family.

[@aprilsky8474]

Tried but didn't really like it.

[@bobhitchcock7598]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Like when they portrayed the Empress as being a cocaine addict?

[@carolynshaw9823]

The sad and miserable part of this heartbreaking story of Russia is after the Russian revolution nothing got better. Poverty and illiteracy still exists there was no equality for the ordinary people and housing families sharing rooms. The only people who benefited were the top ranking communists who lived in ultra luxury

[@deborahwhitney9427]

Exactly. But a lot of history doesn't tell you this.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Lenin lived in a mansion and drove a Rolls Royce. What a hypocrite.

[@Lily-wp8ol]

"Some pigs are more equal". from Animal Farm by George Orwell. I read that book at 13. In my opinion it explains Russian rule after the Czar.

[@patriciajrs46]

You are quite correct.

[@bendietrees]

It was never about helping the people. We see these things repeating themselves...especially in America

[@Jerseyboondocks]

Oh my ...their relative who was talking looks like tsar Nicolas the second

[@trawlins396]

Yes he does. Michael of Kent. He's so handsome. So distinguished and classy 😍

[@piratesswoop725]

Yes, he shared a resemblance with the Tsar partially because he looks a lot like his own grandfather, George V, and partially because, as he mentions, his maternal grandmother was a Russian grand duchess and first cousin to Nicholas as well.

[@kathymetzger5862]

The Mad Monk of Russia was another reason that the Royal Family Fell for he was a bad influence on the family especially Alexandera

[@irenepwheeldon]

Always wish for a better ending when this story is told. Alas, the barbaric revolutionists had no empathy, not even for children and young girls who posed no threat to them. Such a sad story. Some Romanov's did get out, but not many.

[@user-pk1vm2dk3c]

The fate of the Tsar and Russia is tragic, but majestic in the Orthodox understanding of sacrifice.

[@fabricatedreality8218]

I've read many books about the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia. One of the best ones was Nicky and Alix.

[@arkos4366]

I haven't come across one video on this channel that I have not enjoyed!

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Wow! Thank you so much! This is flattering! We are humbled and honoured! Best wishes and many thanks for your continuous support!

[@bellajohnson5647]

So sad to see a whole family wiped out. 😥😥😭

[@nerd3379]

I was prepared to close this video so fast because every other video either comes at Alexandra or Nicholas and this didn’t so thanks!

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thanks for watching! We have many more videos on our channel which you will surely find interesting. Have you been able to watch any of them yet? Very best wishes for a wonderful Christmas! 🎁🎄 The RRM Project Team Feel free to explore our book’s website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book

[@marthamphofu5965]

I'm just a girl asking God to bless me with a man who is in love & devoted to me as the Czar was with the Czarina

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

May God grant you the wish of your kind heart, dear Martha. Amen.

[@audreyhartshorn2624]

May God give you a good godly man, who will love you correctly. May you recognize him as such.

[@Petal4822]

King George should have taken Tzar Nicholas and his family into Britain.

[@zzzbbbooo]

@@Petal4822 He did not do so for very valid reasons. At the time George declined them asylum, no one know they would be murdered. It was simply assumed they'd go elsewhere. If N&A really cared about those children, they would have sent them abroad at the outset. They chose not to.

[@candacebeach5319]

He was a push over. He should have never listened to her or her friend...

[@vinodtavildar]

What a tragic end 😢, romanovs had royal relatives all over Europe, but none helped them, that's why Europe is suffering from romanov's curse - "No peace in Europe".

[@peony2242]

English Royalty did not aid this family but happily received much of exquisite jewels.

[@karynkay328]

It was far far from that simple

[@suekelley2109]

And they bought them from the survivors or other sellers. Queen Mary didn’t steal them off Alexandra’s corpse! Even IF King George V decided not to accept the family for asylum- and that story changes every decade - it wasn’t a matter of a cousin not taking in his cousin’s family. It was a matter of another country accepting deposed rulers who had the reputation of being murderous autocrats. No a lot of the subjugation of human rights was not Nicholas the person’s fault but it was done in his name. George had to think about his own people. And if the PM had wanted to send a ship for Alexandra and the children, he could have done so. The PM had the authority to do that- he technically didn’t need George’s permission

[@TheCWMHALL]

@@suekelley2109 Apparently it was Queen Mary who was not keen to receive the Russian Royal family .

[@suekelley2109]

@@TheCWMHALL that is untrue. She had nothing to do with it. The Crown tv show invented that for dramatic purposes.

[@TheCWMHALL]

@@suekelley2109 I don't have a television , I have never seen the crown . I read it somewhere a very long time ago , .

[@laurajane2200]

Fantastic documentary. Thanks for the upload!

[@margaritaliboon4025]

Beautiful but sad story of the Romanov, REST AND PEACE🙏

[@trawlins396]

The miniseries about them that's on Netflix is really good.

[@margaritaliboon4025]

@@trawlins396 good morning and thank you😍

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

@@trawlins396 actually that series is awfully filled with unfactual content and fictitious additions!

[@trawlins396]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs i agree. But it was still entertaining and it at least has the basic elements correct.

[@margaritaliboon4025]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs maybe they don't want to ruin the image of the Romanov or maybe hidding most important messages,thank you for the info.🙏🙏🙏🙏💖💖💖

[@kyleethekelt]

Thank you for yet another wonderful piece of television. I would really have loved to know who was speaking. Other than His Royal Highness and the narrator, no one was verbally identified and they all sounded as if they were worthy of interviewing in their own right.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thanks for watching. Apart from the narrator Jack Perkins and HRH Prince Michael of Kent, the video includes interviews with: - Prince Nicholas Romanovich Romanov (1922-2014), - (Part 2) Vladimir Solovyov: senior criminal investigator of the Main Forensics Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee, - (Part 2) Alexander Avdonin: geologist, the first known person, in 1979, to begin exhuming the grave of the seven executed Romanovs and - people who were born in the late 19th century, and witness to Nicholas II's reign.

[@aprilsky8474]

The whole Ramonov tragedy is something that time will not forget. So very sad and unnecessary.

[@patriciajrs46]

Totally uneccessary.

[@simonolya]

Nikolai 2 was hoping to get help from their British cousins. George could safe his family, but didn't. It was a betrayal, I think.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Hello, Olga! Thanks for watching! If you are interested in the truth about the life and death of the last Romanov family, as well as to what really took place in Russia during that turbulent era, then we highly recommend our book, which offers previously unpublished materials strictly from primary and archival sources. Our book brings to light a multitude of unknown and unrevealed facts, which evince that many truths remain silenced or distorted to this day. Such are: • The achievements and great reforms of Tsar Nicholas' reign. • The events of the 1905 revolution and Bloody Sunday. • Russia’s and Tsar Nicholas’ involvement in WW1. • The plots and conspiracies to overthrow Tsar Nicholas from his throne. • The myth of the “Bread Revolution” and the truth about the February 1917 coup. If you like to learn more, you can visit our official website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book

[@charliedameliodunkinfanpag6462]

And they would if Queen Victoria was alive...her daughter's life and grandcildren..were in dadly danger..and then happened the end of Romanov..if she only was alive...

[@simonolya]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs thanks. Will do. I read a lot of information in Russian. Now want to check English version of it. 😉

[@SymphonyBrahms]

King George wanted to save the Romanovs, but his prime minister and parliament wouldn't allow him to do it. The king of England has no real power. The elected parliament has all the power. It has been that way since 1688.

[@bethbartlett5692]

The viewer needs to understand: *This is from the perspective of the Family and largely in the frame of mind of the era.* Although their loss of life is unspeakably horrible, *it is obvious they had no clue of the hundreds of years of suffering their Country's peoples endured.* Russia, large mass of land, a variety of Peoples, countless subject matters to attend to, with zero preparation or aptitude to do so. He needed an Advisor, a Head of State, and Regional Govenors. Then he could focus on the Arts. It was tragic in both directions, as it fostered opportunities for the Narcissists to rise to destroy the innocent and Oppress the entire Public. They were completely storybook and this is a real world... Tragedy Formula They were hated for all that suffer due to their complete unknowing what they reigned over. From the perspective of the 90% hungry and freezing they had to appear as fully self obsessed and utterly imbicels. The story is tragic from every angle. ...and now, the Ruler of Russia is a cold as Stalin. He is merely more competent and knows the world is watching. The Public has little clue how easily they are influenced by media. The Worlds Public is as naive as these Royals.

[@missKushite]

💯 I agree!

[@gillvitali6239]

Both were architects of the pogroms. Countless Jews fled from 25 years of enforced army conscription,destroyed villages,merciless Cossack violence .Get real people- stop believing in fairytales. These were vile autocrats ruling over serfs!

[@DaisyChain3339.]

Putin is no where near what Stalin was. You have digested the MSM propaganda in huge doses.

[@patriciajrs46]

Russia has so much land that it was impossible the way they ran the country for the 'elite' to have time to care about the peaseants. They weren't taught to care about the people they mastered. They cared about family, not much more.

[@bendietrees]

Putin is not cold. What do you know of him personally? Ridiculous thing to say 😂

[@Flamsterette]

Thank you for the upload!

[@debbiesims138]

I have so many questions. With all the social unrest why didn't the Romanov's change things? Why his father chose to wait until the last minute to train Nicholas to be Tsar? He should have been trained from the minute he was old enough.

[@alanbrady7116]

God blessed the Ramonov family and their families lovely and blessed souls

[@2507YANKEL]

The all rot in hell now

[@alanbrady7116]

@@2507YANKEL I referred to their end. Only a commy would condone a horrible death. Disgusting, just like your comment

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@alanbrady7116 He's A idiot.

[@dsoule4902]

Very complicated -- I understand. I asked that question most compassionately. What power did Nicholas have that he did not use? What power do I (we) have today that I'm (we are not) not using, in the face of the same evil?

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

One of those questions that can never really be answered...

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

@Y Ddraig Goch you are perfectly right. In this life, risking everything for noble purposes is the only way to conquer evil, always through love!

[@patriciajrs46]

None. Russia was too big to be ruled the way it was.

[@kyleethekelt]

BTW, the choral singing in all your films is lovely. I wish I could hear more of it.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thanks for the kind request! We will make sure to use more in the future! Thanks for watching! Very best wishes for a wonderful Christmas! 🎁🎄

[@user-up4oc4hj2w]

Wow! HRH Prince Michael of Kent looks really similar to the Tsar Nickolas ll.

[@annacostello5181]

Inbreeding will do that

[@patriciajrs46]

They were related. Nicholas was cousin to Michael's grandfather, George.

[@glenniamilonich5996]

Ty for posting. Wonderful informative channel and videos...I subscribed.....R.I.P. Romanov family.🤴👸

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thank you so much, Glenina! Welcome aboard! We hope you'll find many videos of interest on our channel! If you are really interested in the truth about the life and death of the last Romanov family, as well as to what really took place in Russian during that turbulent era, then we highly recommend our book, which offers previously unpublished materials strictly from primary and archival sources. Our book brings to light a multitude of unknown and unrevealed facts, which evince that many truths remain silenced or distorted to this day. If you like to learn more, you can visit our official website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book In the pages of the book, the eye of the reader’s mind will be apprised of the portraits of the Romanov family's psyche, depicted with the colors of their very own words from the personal writings of the family and of those who lived very close to them. Wishes for a very very Happy Christmas! 🎄🎁

[@kimberleyheadland4639]

Hello thank you for sharing this wonderful documentary with us……………… what a🤴👸Beautiful Family the Romanovs was and it’s so nice to see a real love match ❣️❣️really did love each other so much you can hear this in the letters they wrote each other. It’s such a shame that Alexi had haemophiliac this was something that Alexandra could never get over she carried the Blood disease ..It really is a shame and so very sad what happened to them by the Bolsheviks 👿👹they was monsters …….and Rasputin I don’t think he was that bad after all he did seem to help the boy after all and if it was today as in 2021 it would be found as normal . RIP the Romanovs🙏🏻💙🙏🏻…………….:::…:::……..kim🇬🇧

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Rasputin used his influence with the tsar and tsarina to appoint ministers to the government who were incompetent and helped to bring the government down in 1917. He was evil.

[@susanfreeman7516]

I keep hearing how Nicholas was completely unprepared for his position as tsar, but he was 26 years old when his father died, so when would his training have begun, if his father had not died at that time?

[@mlee3954]

I might be wrong but I remember hearing that Nicholas’ father saw him as unfit therefore, did not prepare him. And I believe most monarchs ascend the throne around the age of 40 except for cases like Nicolas where his father died young.

[@annacostello5181]

Nicholas’s father called him “girly” and a dunce. That’s why Nicholas brought Alexei very young to state events- so he’d be prepared

[@kathybutterfield]

He could have been trained from his teens as QE2 has done for WiIIam. He really was not suited to be a leader. Just as David wasn't. He was a party boy. Left red boxes around, wine stains on official documents. Shared state secrets with Wallis who was having a thing with the Germain ambassador. But then again his brother wasn't trained or particularly suited to the job, but rose beautifully to the occasion.

[@kittykatz4001]

Nicholas’ father didn’t see him as “ mature” enough or “ready.” In addition, Nick’s father thought he had more time. It was unexpected, for the Tsar, who was otherwise strong and healthy, to come down with kidney disease/failure, and die in his 40s. At the time Tsar Alexander (Nick father) died from kidney failure, there was no such thing as dialysis. In addition, film 1930s 🇺🇸 film star died at about age 25 or 26 from the same thing that killed Tsar Alexander, and there still was no dialysis THEN either! I’ll have to look into the approximate year that kidney dialysis bec available to help ppl with kidney disease.

[@Kimmy25600]

Where's Part 2, i really love this docuemntation! i have also watched the one about Queen Victoria & Prince Albert aswell.

[@LorettaGarner]

2007 They found bones of the 2 kids,who were missing With DNA testing All 5 kids are buried,with their parents

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Unfortunately, the last 2 two kids to be found, in 2007, Alexis and Maria, are still not buried...

[@mrp5764]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs ...desperately sad that Maria and Alexie are still not buried. what a shame.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

@@mrp5764 it really IS a shame and we all hope it not be too prolonged... A sad truth, yes.

[@keodi1]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Why haven't they not been buried?

[@sharong8511]

@@keodi1 Short answer: Because the Russian Orthodox Church refuses to believe that any of the remains of the Romanov family are authentic. Your best source for more information is Google. There’s a good article in the New York Times newspaper from 2016 explaining in detail exactly why the last two children have not been placed beside their family members. 💙🙏💙

[@hellojack4826]

They were murdered not executed. They had no trial so they weren't executed.

[@f.frederickskitty2910]

I'd sure hate to have been in King George's shoes when he finally hit the Pearly Gates and had to explain to queen Victoria how he too afraid for his own reputation to save her favorite granddaughter and family. 😳

[@laurenmay2098]

Queen Victoria was dead, it was her son George V that was advised not to do it. I bet he regretted it, no one had to know he was the one saving them, I suppose.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Tragic, to forfeit lives, for the "attitudes of the Elite", I know they didn't fear the public, "yet".

[@joseeduardotschen9186]

Queen Victoria whould probably had done the same as she did what Parliament did. She/He had no option.

[@missstgermainify]

@@laurenmay2098 George V was her grandson

[@laurenmay2098]

@@missstgermainify lol, my bad, you are right, it was Edward VII? Right? I am bad for names of kings. Thanks!

[@blizzyynot1894]

Rest in peace, dear people,rest in peace.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Amen! Thank you for watching! Have you been able to watch any other of our videos here? Here are two recommendations. - The Lost Life of Alexis Romanov: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3O5m3enfaqSpJY - Angels of Mercy | The Wartime Service of the Romanov Sisters: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3SQdWSaj7Cieas Our warmest wishes for Happy Holidays! 🎁🎄 Feel free to explore our book’s website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book The RRM Project Team

[@blizzyynot1894]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs I surely will, thank you for educating me. I heard of them, but actually had no idea. May you be blessed.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

@@blizzyynot1894 thank you for your reply! We are happy that we are in a position to offer you the necessary information on a rather distorted chapter in world history. If you are really interested in the truth about the life and death of the last Romanov family, as well as to what really took place in Russian during that turbulent era, then we highly recommend our book, which offers previously unpublished materials strictly from primary and archival sources. Our book brings to light a multitude of unknown and unrevealed facts, which evince that many truths remain silenced or distorted to this day. Such are: • The achievements and great reforms of Tsar Nicholas' reign. • The events of the 1905 revolution and Bloody Sunday. • Russia’s and Tsar Nicholas’ involvement in WW1. • The plots and conspiracies to overthrow Tsar Nicholas from his throne. • The myth of the “Bread Revolution” and the truth about the February 1917 coup. If you like to learn more, you can visit our official website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book In the pages of the book, the eye of the reader’s mind will be apprised of the portraits of the Romanov family's psyche, depicted with the colors of their very own words from the personal writings of the family and of those who lived very close to them. Merry Christmas! 🎄🌷🎹

[@huldrrrr9486]

The footage at 40:07 of the girls playfully pushing each other is beautiful, especially with Olga putting her arm around Anastasia at the end. Also does anyone know the name of the music at 10:53 and 15:03 ?

[@lunnaya_deva]

В 15:03 точно звучит церковное пение

[@Eazy-ERyder]

Thank you for this

[@carltonmcafee5573]

A bigger tragedy might be the way they treated the members of their kingdom. Things may have ended differently

[@H1X2N4]

There was no reason to kill them. He abdicated for both himself & his son & he would have left Russia.

[@2Sugarbears]

They couldn't trust others not to use them as pawns or try to bring them back. That I think is why and to show they would never go back to autocracy. Who knew then that communism would be so horrible.

[@alanbrady7116]

@@2Sugarbears your absolutely right. Communist destroy history. Then create a new country in their image. What a horrible ending for the Romanov family

[@ser3589]

Anyone know the name of the piece that is played about 10 minutes into the video?

[@kathmarks7883]

It’s Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Dance of the nights

[@ser3589]

@@kathmarks7883 Thank you.

[@missUn1verse81]

Theirs was a very beautiful loving family. Their lives should've been spared. It's heart breaking they were executed, but at least they were all together when it happened.

[@joewright2679]

THE ROMANOVS WERE GIVEN A REAL TOUGH SITUATION!!

[@divox9pqr]

A love match made in heaven.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

So very true!

[@magnificentgoddess2525]

They are. ..

[@neptunedawn7121]

If only Alexander III saw fit to train Nicholas II from a young age. How different history would have been!

[@joseeduardotschen9186]

Alexander III knew his son was a lost cause and would rule terribly. Also he didn’t think he would die as fast as he did.

[@superfaithissuper415]

It amazes me how detached from his people this guy was! Their wealth was huge ad yet the country was starving stuck in a serfdom society. He could have stopped it in 1905 but no he turned a blind eye to the detriment of his family.

[@patriciajrs46]

Yes, sadly.

[@joelburt]

In 1861 Alexander the second abolished serfdom

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Why were there cuts at 25:37? It was about 43 year old Tsar Nicholas II having fun with officers. I wanted to know!!! Edit: Was it lost?

[@marshamariner7897]

My grandparents lived under the czars rule ....not Nicholas...but his forefathers....I heard horror stories about that time era

[@jamesbrien1944]

When Television was much better than today.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Oh, James, you are so right!

[@chriscarson7384]

I find it very interesting that the family members corresponded in English. What was the reason for that?

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Hello Chris! So, Empress Alexandra was the daughter of Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria. So, she was basically English and the English language was her native one, as well as German. Nicholas was also fluent in English, and it was therefore very convenient for them to use the English language in their correspondence. Thank you for watching this video! Feel free to explore our book’s website: www.romanovs.eu/en-book Very best wishes! The RRM Project Team

[@Jaxxonian123]

They were all related. They communicated with each other (the Royal Houses) in English, in addition to their native languages. Queen Victoria was the anchor.

[@christineaygin6701]

I visited the summer house in the Ukraine where they spent time, I touched the stair rail , incredible electricity

[@mystyk5896]

Me too.. livadia. Studied in simferopol so had the opportunity of a lifetime (being a south east asian) to visit yalta, sevastopol etc.

[@tirzhaprinsloo2774]

Sorry to say Nicholas was not Educated by his father for his role to rule the Russian people. The impression that the pictures give, that he was playing a lot and did not give his country the attention that was needed to rule his country so it did not end well for them according to history.

[@anamariagutierrez2019]

At 9.50 to 10.05 Czar Nicholas II, Said the true: He was not Prepared, to be a Czar - He didn't wanted to be a Czar - He didn't Know How to Speak with His Minister. (Plus I may Add) He didn't even tried to Learn to Be a Czar, I think he started his day Around 11.00 am. being informed of different matters or Having meeting /Ministers "AFTER HE & HIS FAMILY HAD BREAKFAST, WENT to the PARK or RIVER To PLAY / HIS CHILDREN OR ROWING A BOAT WITH THEM ENJOYING THE FIELDS" (was an Excellent Father though)

[@annacostello5181]

Cuz he never grew up

[@missKushite]

I can't believe that the imperial family was murdered. The Romanovs were the reason that Mother Russia exists to this day!

[@elizabethscudilo6618]

Zgadzam sie z opinia pani Beget , ostatni car absolutnie nie byl przygotowany do swej roli , pod wzgledem charakteru takze , jego zona mimo milej powierzchnowosci nie miala zadnych zalet / to ze nikt nie lubil jej mialo swoje przyczyny / , tragedia tej Rodziny. miala polityczne i inne przyczyny , od agentow i innych kreator roilo sie na dworze ….

[@margaretwolak9849]

Memories....I remembered watching History with my Parent's.

[@susansokoloski2233]

Of course, this documentary was made before the discovery and identification of the bodies of Alexi and Anastasia in a grave nearby to the grave site of the rest of the Royal family. I remember watching this film when it was shown originally on A&E. Since then, the entire Royal family has been reinterred in the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in St Petersburg.

[@JohnSmith-zn6et]

I love them so much. 😍

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

It's the love they shared that inspires generation after generation! What a magnificent model of purity!

[@gracesanity6314]

Why do you '"love them so much" ?? You never knew them. He was a Peter pan, she a depressive. The children were very repressed, caged. None of them ever dated.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Are you support of the return of the Monarchy ?

[@cathylanders6377]

Me too

[@yesicauzal4882]

Does anyone have the link for part 2?.

[@annestorey5229]

Search it

[@gianfrancofallore5997]

Hi I want to order the book the holy martyrs how to? Thanks

[@yolakin8210]

They were blind to see that their country was is dire need of reform. Eventually that mistake cost them.

[@anna_razumovich]

All those political mistakes Nicolas has done caused him a big deal of trouble,misery and finally sent him and his family to an early grave

[@newbeginning191]

Anna Ra True, their death is tragic and barbaric; but also many people suffered and died because he was an unfit ruler, he was asked to step aside/form a government several time but he wouldn’t, so he was taken down. He should have had the wisdom to know when he is ruining his empire/country. He didn’t care about his “people” that was his down fall

[@skandaskanda1791]

Immortal Romanovs!

[@den264]

As of February 2023 the belief is that all five children were murdered by their Bolshevik guards. The family visited Cows on the isle of Weight when the girls were in their late teens or early twenties. They broke away from their security people and went shopping in Cowes. However they did not know about paying for goods as they never did that kind of thing before.

[@user-wo3sh7dp8y]

После того как идентифицировали останки семьи Романовых они наконец-то воссоединились в раю . Николай и Александра - это пример настоящей любви, уважения и самоотверженности. Убийство царской семьи легло кровавым пятном на весь народ России .

[@debbieanne7962]

Not 3 of their 5 children. They were all murdered. The remains of Maria and Alexis have been located

[@franciscovasquez6898]

Remember, by the time this documentary was made. Those bodies had not yet been found

[@Jaxxonian123]

Keep in mind, this documentary was like 25 years ago, before they found all the children's bodies. In fact, I remember watching this very documentary for a paper back in Middle School.

[@sandranorman5469]

It resembles the “Princes in the Tower” in. England. Both were murdered in a power grab.