The Last Days of the RomanovsSokolov, N. (Nikolai)
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The Last Days of the Romanovs
Sokolov, N. (Nikolai)
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918; Romanov, House of
I can not explain anything more. My statement has been read to me and is
written correctly.
_Signed_: PHILIP PROSKOURIAKOFF.
N. SOKOLOFF.
Present at the examination:
IORDANSKY, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
V
EXAMINATION OF ANATOLIE IAKIMOFF
[_Anatolie Yakimoff whose deposition is now given, was a workman,
who became one of the senior guards of the imperial family during
their last days in Yekaterinburg. His statement bears the impress
of truth, and one gathers from it that he possessed some education
and was more enlightened and tolerant in his views than were his
fellows. Although Yakimoff never spoke to any of the members of the
imperial family, we are able to see them vividly by his crude
descriptions of their daily life. This workman-guard denies that he
was present at the actual execution, but he insists that he and the
others to whom it was related, were convinced that the czar and his
family met their deaths in the manner described by Medvedeff._
_It is curious to notice the respect with which this
peasant-workman always mentioned the imperial family. Avdeieff, so
he says, referred, to the imperial family as “They,” and Yakimoff
follows his example, but it is apparent that this implies no
disrespect on his part._--Editor’s Note.]
In 1919 from the 7th to the 11th of May, the Investigating Magistrate
for Important Cases of the Omsk Tribunal sitting in the town of
Yekaterinburg, examined, in accordance with Articles 403-409 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure, Anatolie Alexandrovitch Iakimoff, peasant,
thirty-one years old, belonging to the Orthodox Church, married. The
accused deposed as follows:
I am a workman.
I specialised in work on milling machines; my father was also a workman.
He was born in the Ugovsk factory of the Perm District. My mother’s name
was Maria Nicholaevna. I am the eldest son of the family.
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