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Did Moscow Order the Death of the Romanovs or the local Soviet? (hexbear.net)
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I got to the part of the Revolutions podcast where the royal family died. He said the consensus is that Moscow ordered the death of the whole family. Is that pretty much agreed on by serious historians nowadays or is that Cold War historiagraphy?

It seemed kind of split when I looked in some Ask Historians thread on Reddit from years ago, but I also might just be seeing what I want to see. What do historians think? What do you think? If Lenin and company in Moscow ordered it, why?

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[–] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Eh. The Tsar Nicholas was pretty hated by the time of his abdication. Had a white warlord rescued him, they wouldn't have restored him, rather just used him to help themselves be Tsar.

Likewise there were not shortage of noble whites to make Tsar with the family gone, had the Bolsheviks been less successful.

I'm team better scenario would have been trial and execution for Nicholas. Rehabilitation for the rest (under close scrutiny in Siberia).