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Nicholas II and his family were killed at Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Siberia in July 1918 as Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks hunted down the former imperial family. Four princes were thrown down a mine shaft alive and then stoned to death.<ref>Opfell, p. 75.</ref>
Nicholas II and his family were killed at Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Siberia in July 1918 as Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks hunted down the former imperial family. Four princes were thrown down a mine shaft alive and then stoned to death.<ref>Opfell, p. 75.</ref>
The murder of Nicholas, his son Alexei, and his brother Michael by the Bolsheviks in 1918 left Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich as next in the line of succession. Many monarchists viewed Kirill as a traitor to the House. Kirill waited until 1924 to declare himself the new head of the house.
When Kirill died in October 1938, the five most senior Romanovs signed a statement accepting his son Vladimir as head of the House.<ref>These were Grand Duke Boris, Grand Duke Andrew, Grand Duke Dmitry, Prince Vsevelod, and Prince Gavriel. See Brien Horan, "[https://www.russianlegitimist.org/russian-imperial-succession The Russian Imperial Succession]."</ref> When Vladimir died in 1992, Maria claimed the right to succeed as the only child of the last male dynast.
Unlike the Romanovs of 1938, those of 1992 were sharply divided. With succession in dispute, ''Almanach de Gotha'' does not recognize the claims of any current member of the House. It describes Vladimir as, "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia."<ref>James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha,'' 2016.</ref>
Unlike the Romanovs of 1938, those of 1992 were sharply divided. With succession in dispute, ''Almanach de Gotha'' does not recognize the claims of any current member of the House. It describes Vladimir as, "the last Head of the Imperial House of Russia."<ref>James, John. ''Almanach de Gotha,'' 2016.</ref>