On July 16th, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered by Russian revolutionaries. Despite the Tsar’s abdication from the throne a year prior, Bolshevik forces held Nicholas and his family hostage before gunning them down. Eliminating the Romanov line ensured the end of the monarchy in Russia, and gave birth to the Soviet ...

An old man bent, stooped amidst the passing crowd as the summer day wore on, and the heat along with it. The park had a pleasant breeze rolling in from the north to stave off the sun’s blazing glare. He stared at a tall oak tree that took residence in the park’s nexus. Here, sidewalks ...