The following is taken from this video production, presented by Paul Gilbert, who did the research for this tribute, within the framework of the project for the book The Romanov Royal Martyrs: What Silence Could Not Conceal (Cyprus: St. John the Forerunner Monastery of Mesa Potamos, 2019).
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Emperor Nicholas II reigned for 22 years. With his murder, the last Orthodox Christian monarch, along with the thousand-year history of thrones and crowns in Russia, ended, ushering in an era of lawlessness, apostasy, and confusion, one which would sweep Holy Orthodox Russia into an abyss which would last more than 70 years.
A video production presented by Paul Gilbert, who did the research for this tribute, within the framework of the project for the book "The Romanov Royal Martyrs."