Why Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra have been exhumed

Romanov royal couple and their five children were brutally murdered by Bolsheviks in 1918

Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra
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The remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra have been exhumed as part of a Russian investigation into the Romanov royal family's murder.

The couple and their children – Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei – were murdered by Bolsheviks in 1918.

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