In April 1915 the equally irresolute Tsar Nicholas II took the fatal step of assuming personal command of the army. Whilst in hindsight this seems to have been a very bad decision to make as it led to the death of the entire Romanov family, there was no indication that they were going to be murdered. Last updated 2011-03-10. He was told that the government of England does not consider it possible while the war continues to extend its hospitality to the former tsar (link in Russian). The tsar abdicated his throne, but it wasnt enough for the Bolshevik extremists who had overthrown him; they wanted blood. Nicholas is believed to have said You know not what you do when told that he and his family would be executed. By the end of World War One, the three great monarchies of Central Europe - Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary - had fallen. Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ. [CDATA[// >

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