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| The real Nicholas II: The Lena Mine Massacre |
| 2022-02-02 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited by Oleg Nazarov [Regnum] On January 30, Channel One aired the documentary “The Romanov Case. Investigation found…” As a result of various and numerous examinations, it was concluded that the remains found in the Piglet Log near Yekaterinburg belong to the Romanovs and their servants. On the night of July 16-17, 1918, in the basement of the house of the Yekaterinburg mining engineer Ipatiev, which after the revolution became the House of Special Purpose, the former emperor Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra Fedorovna, daughters Olga, Tatyana, Maria, Anastasia and son Alexei were shot. Doctor Yevgeny Botkin, a footman Alexei Trupp, a maid Anna Demidova and a cook Ivan Kharitonov, who were with the Romanovs, also became victims of the massacre. The murder of ten people - members of the royal family and servants is a crime and has no justification. The situation with Nicholas II is different. In modern Russia, the monstrous crimes committed during the years of his reign are not often remembered. But the number of victims of Bloody Sunday was in the thousands. On January 9 (22), 1905, in different parts of St. Petersburg, pre-concentrated troops used weapons against peaceful processions of workers exhausted by problems. They went to Nikolai to tell about their troubles and aspirations. “The owner of the Russian land,” as Nicholas II called himself, answering the questions of the 1897 census, did not want to communicate with them. Instead of fatherly words, the workers and members of their families heard the whistle of bullets. Ten days after the bloody massacre, on January 19 (February 1), the emperor received a working delegation, the composition of which was carefully selected. "Compassionate" Nikolai did not find anything better than to tell the workers that he forgives them ... The entry made by the emperor in his diary on January 11 (24) is also noteworthy: “After breakfast, I received Rear Admiral Nebogatov, who was appointed commander of an additional detachment of the Pacific Ocean squadron.” By that time, Port Arthur had already fallen, and the squadron under the command of Vice Admiral Zinovy Rozhdestvensky was stationed in Madagascar. In this situation, the Japanese fleet had a clear superiority in forces. Yes, and he was based in his ports. Nicholas II was not embarrassed. Rozhdestvensky received his order: "The task entrusted to you is not to break through to Vladivostok with some ships, but to take possession of the Sea of Japan." As a result, on May 14-15 (27-28) in a two-day battle near about. Tsushima, the Russian fleet suffered the most severe defeat in its history. In it, according to Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, Nicholas II "could not blame anyone but himself ". The loss figures are horrifying: the Japanese sank 21 out of 38 Russian ships, and captured seven. Six ships were interned in neutral ports. The Almaz cruiser, the Anadyr transport, the destroyers Grozny and Bravy broke into Vladivostok. Of the 16,170 sailors, 5,045 were killed, and 7,282 sailors, led by the fleet commander, were captured. However, these victims in Russia are remembered 1000 times less often than the execution in the Ipatiev house. But each of the dead had relatives and friends, many sailors had children. The situation with the memory of the Lena massacre is even worse - in 2012, its centennial anniversary passed completely unnoticed. Meanwhile, the Lena massacre and what preceded it is an extremely interesting and instructive topic. It helps to get rid of illusions about how wonderful life was in Russia under the last emperor. On the eve of the 110th anniversary of the Lena tragedy, it is worth telling about it in detail. Go to this link to read the rest of the article in English |
| Posted by:badanov |