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Last Russian emperor Nicholas II and his family are commemorated in Russia on Saturday

Posted: Sunday July 18, 2004 2:02 AM EST

MOSCOW, July 17 (Itar-Tass)—The last Russian emperor and his family are commemorated in Russia on Saturday. The whole royal family --- Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Fedorovna and their five children --- Olga, Tatyana, Maria, Anastasia and czarevitch Alexei were shot in Yekaterinburg 86 years ago. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized them in 2000.

Traditional religious processions will be held in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities on Saturday. A night religious procession will be held from a church that was built at the place of Ipatyev’s house where the royal family was shot to the stow Ganina yama where the remains of the Romanovs were burnt.

A picture exhibition of emperor’s sister Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, a festival of Orthodox culture and a photo exhibition from the archives of the royal family are timed to this sorrowful date in Russian history. They opened in Yekaterinburg.

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