The Darkest of Russia’s Secrets Traces Back to This Day in History 104 Years Ago

With faint light painting strange shadows on the wall, on that pre-dawn morning, Russia’s last tsar led his wife and children down to the basement, with the scarce concept of what would happen next. In a merchant’s house in the Urals that was seized by the Soviets, a family was mysteriously moved in, and their existence kept secret from the world.      What became of them would remain shrouded in mystery for decades to come. The 1917 October Revolution cast a shadow across Russia that extended to all reaches of the globe. The merciless manner in which the…