Ekaterinburg
The Last Days of the Romanovs
Book • 2009
This book provides a compelling and dramatic account of the final days of the Romanov family, focusing on their time in the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg.
Rappaport uses overlooked evidence from key witnesses and recent releases from Russian archives to paint a vivid picture of the political and personal dynamics leading up to the tragic event.
The narrative captures the oppressive atmosphere and the interactions between the family, their servants, and guards, and it challenges the view that the deaths were a unilateral act by local Bolsheviks, instead tracing the chain of command to Moscow and Lenin himself.
Rappaport uses overlooked evidence from key witnesses and recent releases from Russian archives to paint a vivid picture of the political and personal dynamics leading up to the tragic event.
The narrative captures the oppressive atmosphere and the interactions between the family, their servants, and guards, and it challenges the view that the deaths were a unilateral act by local Bolsheviks, instead tracing the chain of command to Moscow and Lenin himself.
