15. May 7/20--The Tsarevich and Grand Duchesses left Tobolsk for Ekaterinburg. 16. May 10/23--Arrival of the Tsarevich and Grand Duchesses at Ekaterinburg. 17. July 4/17--The last day of the life of the imperial family, and the last walk in the garden. 18. July 5/18--At daybreak the Emperor, his wife and children were killed in the basement of the Ipatiev house. The bodies were searched. 19. The same day the bodies were taken out of the house and burned. III EXPLANATION OF RUSSIAN NAMES MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENTS C. E. C.--Central Executive Committee of the All Russian Congress of Workmen, Soldiers and Peasants’ Deputies, the most important institution in the Soviet Republic. CHREZVYCHAIKA--Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry--an institution of secret political police, of the Soviet Republic, which exists in every district town. Through this institution, according to the scheme of the Bolsheviki, the reign of terror is carried out. KRESTY--A jail in Petrograd where political prisoners were confined. MOTOVILIHA WORKS--Situated on the river Kama, three miles from Perm. Large production of war material. SISSERTS MINING WORKS--Fifty versts from Ekaterinburg, producing cast-iron, iron, marble, and gold. TOBOLSK--Town on the right bank of the river Irtysh, near the mouth of the river Tobol, formerly a very important town. After the trans-Siberian railroad was constructed it lost its importance, being too far from the railroad. VERKH-ISSETSK IRON WORKS--Situated half a mile from Ekaterinburg. ZNAMENSKY--IKON OF THE HOLY VIRGIN--A very ancient holy image given to the Tsar Alexis Mikaielovich (the second czar of the Romanoff dynasty) by the Patriarch of Antioch. To the memory of this image the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna built a church in Tsarskoe-Selo. IV ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF NAMES AVDEIEV, Alexander, formerly a locksmith. Was commissar to the imperial house at Ekaterinburg from May till June, 1918. AKSIUTA, Captain, in command of the First Rifles Regiment in Tsarskoe-Selo, was commanding the detachment of the guards of the imperial family in Tobolsk. APRAKSIN, Count. At the outbreak of the revolution was attached to the empress, being in charge of her affairs. BENCKENDORF, Count. Cavalry general. Was grand marshal of the imperial court. BOTKIN, Eugene Sergeievich, physician. Stayed permanently with the imperial family from the moment of their arrest till the time they were murdered. Was shot with the imperial family. BUXHOEVDEN, Sophie, Baroness. Personal maid of honour to the empress. Accompanied her to Tobolsk. BELOBORODOV, Alexander. Chairman of the Ural provincial soviet of the workmen’s and soldiers’ deputies. Following his orders the imperial family were assassinated.