Yeltsin speaks at the reburial of the Romanovs
In 1998, Russiaβs president decried the violence of the Soviet era, as the remains of the murdered Tsar Nicholas II and family were laid to rest.
In 1998, Russiaβs President Boris Yeltsin shocked the nation with a last-minute decision to speak at the reburial of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, 80 years after their murder.
βWe must end an age of blood and violence in Russia,β he said, as he called for the country to face up to the crimes of its communist past.
Lilia Dubovaya, a reporter for the state news service, told Robert Nicholson about the emotional weight of the day. A Whistledown production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
(Image: President Yeltsin at the reburial of Tsar Nicholas II. Credit: Reuters)
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