The Tsar and his wife die quickly. Their teen-age daughters, Anastasia and her sisters, do not. Sewn inside their clothes are diamonds, sapphires and other jewels. Meant to be bartered for freedom, the carefully hidden stones now act as bullet-proof vests, deflecting the fire. Such salvation is temporary.
Bayonets soon silence their screams and scatter the gems across the bloody floor.
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