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In 1887, their grandfather, Czar Alexander the third had Lenin's brother put up against a wall and shot. How unfortunate for the czar who signed that death war
by obrero 11y ago
In 1887, their grandfather, Czar Alexander the third had Lenin's brother put up against a wall and shot. How unfortunate for the czar who signed that death warrant to have his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren fall into the hands of the brother of the "nobody" he had had executed. The nobility had said that God's hand had given the royals the power and authority to rule Russia, but God's hand seemed not to have been much of a match to the bullet of Bolshevik soldiers.
- didgeoridoo 11y agoTo be fair, Vladimir's brother was only hanged because he himself had just tried to "sign the death warrant" of the tsar by tossing a bomb into his carriage...
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoSo in your world, it is right and just to murder a bunch of children for the crime of being related to someone who did something shitty.
- solidsnack9000 11y agoLetting the children live would give you the problem of a vengeful (and rightful) heir in ~10 years' time. Exterminating the Romanovs completely would seem to be a pragmatic choice, given the real power of the Tsar's legend. It's not clear that life imprisonment would have turned out very well for the Romanovs, given the lives of other political prisoners under the Soviet system; and simply freeing them would allow them to join their family members in Europe, garner support and prepare for an invasion.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoMurdering innocent people is frequently pragmatic, if you're a government. That doesn't make it any less monstrous. "Hey, at least we murdered them somewhat quickly instead of tormenting them in brutal prisons for the rest of their lives!" isn't much a defense either.