Tsar Nicholas II, the last Romanov emperor of Russia in March 1917, was forced off of the throne.

... History coursework (sources) Introduction Tsar Nicholas II, the last Romanov emperor of Russia in March 1917, was forced off of the throne. In November 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution took place; this was followed by a bitter and bloody civil war. As prisoners of the Bolsheviks, they were moved from place to place until finally arriving in Ekaterinburg in May 1918. There they were kept under close guard in Ipatiev house, two months later they disappeared. Later in 1918, the whites captured Ekaterinburg they appointed Judge Sergeyev to investigate the deaths. Meanwhile the British government sent Sir Charles Eliot to find out what had happened. In January 1919, Sergeyev was sacked and replaced by judge Sokolov, however before his investigations were complete, the Bolsheviks recaptured Ekaterinburg. The Bolsheviks were not keen on the news of the murders becoming public because this might turn foreign governments and many Russians against them at a time when they

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