The BRUTAL Execution Of The Assassin Of The Grand Duke Of Russia

Before the Russian Revolution, there were many people who were taking part in shocking revolutionary actions. One of the most brutal assassinations that took place in Russia was when Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the Uncle of the Tsar Nicholas II was blown up in his carriage. He was assassinated when a bomb was thrown into his lap and the devastation was horrific. It was Ivan Kalyayev who was the assassin and he was a man who would later gain the forgiveness of the Grand Duke's wife Princess Elisabeth.
However despite this, he would be sentenced to death for his crime and he was a man who had a long standing desire to become a martyr for political change. He was a man who was a fan of Lenin, but for his crimes he went to the gallows inside of a prison in St Petersburg. Shockingly Princess Elisabeth even petitioned for her husband's assassin to be reprieved, but this was ignored and instead Ivan Kalyayev was executed.
Join us today as we look at, 'The BRUTAL Execution Of The Assassin Of The Grand Duke Of Russia.'
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[@gregorymartin6488]

Even after his burial, his remains still had a story to tell... Grand Duke Sergei's body was buried in a crypt of the Chudov Monastery within the precincts of the Moscow Kremlin. A memorial cross, created from public donations, was erected on the spot where he was killed in 1908. After the downfall of the Romanovs, the cross was destroyed with the personal participation of Vladimir Lenin. Chudov Monastery was demolished in 1928, and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was built on the site. The burial crypt of the Grand Duke was located in a courtyard of that building, which had been used as a parking lot. In 1990, building workers in the Kremlin discovered the blocked up entrance of the burial vault. The coffin was examined and found to contain the Grand Duke's remains, covered with the military greatcoat of the Kiev regiment, decorations, and an icon. He had left written instructions that he was to be buried in the Preobrazhensky Lifeguard regiment uniform, but as his body was so badly mutilated this proved impossible. In 1995, the coffin was officially exhumed, and after a Panikhida in the Kremlin Cathedral of the Archangel, it was reburied in a vault of the Novospassky Monastery in Moscow on 17 September 1995. On 4 May 2017, Sergei's memorial cross was restored in a ceremony that was attended by President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. (Wikipedia)

[@gerryjames9720]

Credit where credit is due. At least the Putin regime is more human than the scum who led the October Revolution. Glad I won’t have to burn next to Lenin.

[@songsmith31a]

A tale almost comparable with the discovery of King Richard 111's remains in a Leicester (UK) car park..

[@haroldrupert4957]

Thanks for sharing this so interesting video.

[@antonfarquar8799]

Thank you for your splendid post . Maybe one day Russia will return with God's help to its former glory.

[@oneshothunter9877]

@@antonfarquar8799 Former glory, - for the elite only.

[@willg125]

What a great human being Elizabeth was

[@mrmouse7642]

She was indeed. She is a Saint of the Holy Orthodox and Catholic Church. My daughter carries her name. A German convert to Holy Orthodoxy upon marriage to Sergei. There is so much to learn about her if you have the time. She was murdered by the Bolsheviks by being thrown down a mine shaft with others into which were thrown grenades but sang psalms and tended the wounded until she herself died.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Yes, she was.

[@Geosputnik]

Both Grand Duke Serge and his wife Grand Duchess Elizabeth were canonized as martyrs by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in 1981 in NYC.

[@renee1961]

Good morning, and Thank You! I hope you're doing well!

[@pinchermartyn3959]

Thanks for these.

[@songsmith31a]

Mother Russia's tragedy has always been the gulf between its rulers - past and present - and its long-suffering people. History might have been so different had there been another more devoted attitude between rulers and the ruled in that vast land with so much to offer the world.

[@fiaskolo]

The culprit is on one hand Russian dumb brute force autocracy, imperialism and disregard of human life, and on the other slave mentality. The construction of Saint Petersburg claimed lives of tens of thousands of Russian serfs, and nobody in Russia saw it as a problem. Communism killed millions of the best Russians and Stalin is in Russia widely regarded as a great leader.

[@haroldrupert4957]

Thanks for sharing this so interesting video.

[@cleftoftherock6797]

Incredible story. Amazing Elizabeth and her husband went to the Holy Land and funded the building of Saint Mary Magdalene Church on the Mount of Olives and the Church in Cana of Galilee and other Churches in the Holy Land.

[@patrickganly5206]

The land that is today Zionist occupied Palestine. 🇵🇸

[@thomasjamison2050]

Well, anything to try and assuage the guilt.

[@rodolfoayalajr.8589]

Thank you for this educational video friend. Amen 🙏.

[@strassler98]

Your memory is alive and well Ivan, thank you

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

This is very cool

[@makeupboss3568]

She was such a genuine Christian woman.

[@michaelverbakel7632]

Elizabeth was the great aunt of the late Prince Philip, his grandmother's sister.

[@fiaskolo]

Right, went from Protestant to Orthodox, a church that is a ministry of the Russian state, all the while despising Rome.

[@littlebrookreader949]

0:33, 0:34. The man looks insane. He looks like Charles Manson.

[@dirremoire]

The photo has been "retouched". Look on the internet, you'll see the original.

[@littlebrookreader949]

@@dirremoire HaHa! You’re right. Someone’s had time on their hands! Thanks!

[@oakiesmokie5991]

Is that yellowing picture taken after his death there's a bolt holding his head and collar covers his neck wounds

[@kristinatellefson4149]

I think it's a photographer's tool to keep the head still while taking a photo.

[@SeanScot36]

I am wondering if any surviving members of the Russian royal family, have faced death threats.

[@joanbroad3528]

I wonder whose children were in the carriage as Sergei and Elizabeth were childless.

[@Geosputnik]

May Kalyayev rot in hell for all eternity.

[@arianemontemuro7901]

We need to remember him...He was a great man and his wife is now a great Saint!💞💞💞💞

[@lonewulf44]

Decent video, misleading title as most coming here are going to expect to hear a brutal execution of the assassin. Which it really wasn't. Frankly. I think you would have had a better video if you focused in and read accounts of them finding and collecting the remains of the Grand Duke, which would be quite brutal. It would be interesting to hear the accounts of the time finding what was left of him and how the burial went. Just my two cents

[@wanderingwu6320]

What's brutal is your click-bait title.

[@renee1961]

How Absolutely HORRIFYING!! My GOD! What a Terrible way to die!

[@treydobson8545]

instant death is a pretty good death tho

[@bcmortimer]

He was responsible for kicking all the Jews out of Moscow.

[@renee1961]

@@bcmortimer karma is a Bi***. He Deserved it.

[@brober]

Photo's are obviously two different carriages. One is surrounded by German soldiers so doubt either picture is really the Grand Dukes.

[@jonnyqwst]

The poles between grace and hatred is perfectly illustrated in this story. Today much hatred little grace. More death suffering and misery all due to impiety

[@slobodan888]

The Russian Nobility were beautiful people.

[@fiaskolo]

A half of them was German 🤣

[@BrokenneckYgor]

Them russkies was meanies

[@vernwallen4246]

Too much voodka.😜😜😜

[@patrickrichards2577]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤔🧐😳😱🤯

[@joecontreras5068]

Misleading bait

[@invisibleray6987]

SHOCKING, INHUMAN TORTURE OF A MANS VERY SOUL

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Very soul.

[@ztl6711]

鼠竊狗偷,

[@bacoda58]

On the bright side the Duke received a statue of himself for his part in the endeavor...

[@telebubba5527]

So now he's hopping around whith glee.....🥸

[@jct4418]

Boring video with a misleading title, and with such juicy content. Such a shame lol