This disused mine shaft just outside of Koptyaki became the final resting place for Russia’s last Tzar, Nicholas II and his family. Shot during the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918 after being interned in a nearby house for 78 days, Nicholas II, his wife, their son, four daughters, doctor, cook, lady in waiting and footman were then disposed of down the mine. The Romanov bodies were retrieved from the pit in May 1979 and the significance of the site is now highlighted by a peaceful and rather simple by Romanov standards, monastery.

Written by  karinabratslov.

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