RE: Why was the Romanov family executed?
July 12, 2017 at 11:08 am
(This post was last modified: July 12, 2017 at 11:22 am by Brian37.)
(July 12, 2017 at 6:57 am)It_Was_me Wrote: I am at a loss with what occurred during the Russian Revolution. Part of me thinks it was good a monarchy was overthrown, but at the same time something just as bad or even worse followed it. However, I recently learned tonight while watching a documentary on the Russian Revolution that the Romanov family was brought into a room at midnight at executed by multiple gunmen. Even their children!!!
I never knew this. And yes, you cannot ignore history. But when I saw this in the documentary it literally broke my heart.
I do understand that Lenin's older brother was executed by this regime, but damn. This was a tough pill to swallow.
Funny you should mention this. My mom had an engagement ring and throughout my life she told me was taken off dead royalty. My mom's adoptive family has Swiss roots and they had a hand in those events. I will not claim it is true, and didn't know herself which aristocracy it was. Since her death I sent the ring back to my aunt. But the prospect however unlikely does fill the imagination.
I agree however, even in war, after you have the drop on the other, and they cant get away, taking it out on kids especially is disgusting. But we see that kind of brutality in male lions and zebras. They can detect the pheromones of rival's offspring and will murder the young to insure only their genes get passed on.
Goebbles is another example all be it self inflicted. Ok asshole, you lost the war, but why the fuck did you murder your own kids?
