The Russian title implies both the Imperial Crown of Russia and the crown of thorns associated with martyrs. The Romanovs: An Imperial Family (Russian: Романовы. Execution of the Imperial Family By early 1918, the former Russian Imperial Family was in Bolshevik custody, and had originally been transported to the city of Tobolsk following Tsar Nicholas II 's abdication . The imperial family was sent to live under house arrest in Siberia. Венценосная семья, Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya) is a 2000 Russian historical drama film about the last days of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.

However, the criminal case investigating their murder remains open.

In April and May 1918, members of the Romanov family were relocated to Ipatiev House—a merchant’s house in Yekaterinburg.

The House of Romanov (/ ˈ r oʊ m ə ˌ n ɔː f,-ˌ n ɒ f, r oʊ ˈ m ɑː n ə f /; also Romanoff; Russian: Рома́новы, Románovy, IPA: [rɐˈmanəf]) was the reigning royal house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. The canonization of the Romanovs was the elevation to sainthood of the last Imperial Family of Russia – Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei – by the Russian Orthodox Church.The family was killed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918 at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg.The house was later demolished. The Tsar and his family were executed by firing squad exactly 100 years ago.