[The following is in regards to the aftermath of the execution of the Romanov family in 1918. We’ve posted before about the event, notably here.]
A guard who entered Ipatev’s house [where the executions took place] the next day found it in complete disarray: clothing, books, and ikons lay scattered pell-mell on tables and floors, after they had been ransacked for hidden money and jewelry. The atmosphere was gloomy, the guards uncommunicative. He was told that the Chekists had refused to spend the rest of the night in their quarters on the lower floor and moved upstairs.
The only living reminder of the previous residents was the Tsarevich’s spaniel, Joy, who somehow had been overlooked: he stood outside the door to the princesses’ bedroom, waiting to be let in. “I well remember,” one of the guards testified, “thinking to myself: you are waiting for nothing.”
Source:
Pipes, Richard. "The Murder of the Imperial Family." The Russian Revolution. New York: Knopf, 1990. 777. Print.
Further Reading:
чрезвыча́йная коми́ссия (Emergency Committee) / ЧК (Cheka)
Алексе́й Никола́евич (Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia)
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