Searches of Former Members of the Romanov Imperial House in Crimea in April 1917
Journal: Modern History of Russia
Year: 2023

By the end of March 1917, 20 out of 65 members of the Romanov Imperial House gathered on the estates Ai-Todor, Diul’ber, and Chair near Yalta in the Crimea. There were among them: a widow of Alexander III Maria Fedorovna; sisters of Nicholas II Xenia and Olga; Grand Dukes Nicholas Nikolaevich, Alexander Mikhailovich, Peter Nikolaevich. On April 26, 1917, representatives of the Sevastopol Soviet, with the support of the forces of the Black Sea Fleet, conducted massive searches in the places of re