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[[File:624px-Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Crisco edit letters removed.jpg|thumb|200px|Grand Duchess [[Anastasia Nikolaevna]] was murdered by the Bolsheviks in a massacre of Romanovs in July 1918 at Yekaterinburg, Siberia]]The '''House of Romanov''' was the ruling family of Russia from 1613 to 1917. The first Romanov tsar was Michael I. His line ended with Empress Elizabeth, who died 1762. The succeeding Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp line was renamed as "Romanov" and is generally treated as a continuation of the dynasty. The last tsar was Nicholas II (1868-1918), who abdicated in 1917 at the start of the [[Russian Revolution]].

[[File:624px-Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Crisco edit letters removed.jpg|thumb|Grand Duchess [[Anastasia Nikolaevna]] was murdered by the Bolsheviks in a massacre of Romanovs in July 1918 at Yekaterinburg, Siberia. Her fate has been the subject of speculation and historical fiction.]]The '''House of Romanov''' was the ruling family of Russia from 1613 to 1917. The first Romanov tsar was Michael I. His line ended with Empress Elizabeth, who died 1762. The succeeding Romanov-Holstein-Gottorp line was renamed as "Romanov" and is generally treated as a continuation of the dynasty. The last tsar was Nicholas II (1868-1918), who abdicated in 1917 at the start of the [[Russian Revolution]].

 

Nicholas, his wife, and five children were killed at Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Siberia in July 1918 as the Bolsheviks hunted down the former imperial family.<ref>"[https://www.9news.com.au/world/romanovs-house-3d/27e0c473-7541-4e8d-bfe9-704b96a793db See inside Ipatiev House where the Russian Royals were executed]," nine.com.au, Jul 19, 2017.</ref> Four princes were thrown down a mine shaft alive and then stoned to death.<ref>Opfell, p. 75.</ref> After years of concealment and lies, investigator Nikolai Sokolov revealed the fate of the family in 1924.

== Tsars of Russia (1613-1917) ==

== Tsars of Russia (1613-1917) ==

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The murder of Nicholas, his son Alexei Nikolaevich (1904 – 1918), and his brother Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich (1878 – 1918) left Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich (1876 - 1938) as next in line. Many monarchists disliked Kirill or viewed him as a traitor. They refused to treat him as head of the house until Sokolov's report was published. When Kirill died in October 1938, the five most senior Romanovs signed a statement accepting his son Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich (1917 – 1992) as successor.<ref>These were Grand Duke Boris, Grand Duke Andrew, Grand Duke Dmitry, Prince Vsevelod, and Prince Gavriel. See Horan.</ref>

The murder of Nicholas, his son Alexei Nikolaevich (1904 – 1918), and his brother Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich (1878 – 1918) left Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich (1876 - 1938) as next in line. Many monarchists disliked Kirill or viewed him as a traitor. They refused to treat him as head of the house until Sokolov's report was published. When Kirill died in October 1938, the five most senior Romanovs signed a statement accepting his son Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich (1917 – 1992) as successor.<ref>These were Grand Duke Boris, Grand Duke Andrew, Grand Duke Dmitry, Prince Vsevelod, and Prince Gavriel. See Horan.</ref>