The Darkest of Russia’s Secrets Traces Back to This Day in History 104 Years Ago

With faint light painting strange shadows on the wall, on that pre-dawn morning, Russia’s last tsar led his wife and children down to the basement, with the scarce concept of what would happen next. In a merchant’s house in the Urals that was seized by the Soviets, a family was mysteriously moved in, and their existence...