The Family Romanov

The Family Romanov is a story about the history of the Romanov Family whose family ruled over Russia for three hundred years and what led to the fall of what they had built. The story goes into details about the family's struggles and the people they were surrounded by. In the story it also gives you a sense of what is happening to the less fortunate peasants.
Tsar Nicholas II was the richest Monarch in the world: his family wealth was once estimated at forty-five billion dollars. Forty-five billion dollars is a great deal of money. Guests in the story ate elegant meals and I had to wonder if they ever got tired eating classy meals. In the story it claimed that most peasants had never slept in a proper bed, owned a pair of shoes, eaten off …show more content…
Someone then threw a bomb and the shrapnel ripped his left leg off and tore his abdomen open and mangled his face. After years and years of being oppressed people will rise up in an uproar. Alexander the III, after his father’s murder, was convinced that the people who were treated too soft and they needed to feel the whip. After the reign of Alexander the III, his son Nicholas took over. Nicholas met his wife, Alexandra, a couple of times before they got married. Following their marriage they had a baby girl, Olga, but they needed a son to inherit the throne. After another try Alexandra gave birth to another baby girl, Tatiana, and another one, Marie. When she was pregnant again they went to a person called Dr. Phillipe to partake in astral medicine. Alexandra followed the instructions but another girl was born. To me Dr Phillipe sounds like a quack. Wanting to try one more time, they continued to see Dr. Phillipe and were convinced she was pregnant with a boy. Despite Dr. Phillipe’s help she was not pregnant. However Dr. Phillipe was not done, he gave everyone instructions and finally Alexandra gave birth to a boy. Everyone was filled with joy and merriment.
Even though their wishes and dreams had come true, Alexia was diagnosed with hemophilia, a disease that prevents blood from clotting properly. It would be hard for me to live a life worrying to be careful all the time. Alexandra blamed …show more content…
Rasputin was controlling what they did and who they put in charge. As a result the Duma became angry and created a plan to kill Rasputin and the starets. I agree that Rasputin was getting out of hand but it is drastic to kill him. The group of people apart of the Duma invited the starets to a party and had all of them come to the basement. They ate cake and drank wine laced with cyanide but it had no effect on them. The Prince Yusupov became angry and shot Rasputin in the back, he was declared dead. But Rasputin got up and started running towards the royal palace. When Rasputin made it to the gate, Yusupov fired and missed twice, on the third shot Rasputin was hit in the shoulder, and on the fourth shot he was hit in the head. I can relate to Rasputin’s determination. He was determined to get to the royal palace, and I am determined to do whatever I put my mind