Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel 'beautiful', meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.
Fine and rare antique Russian newspaper announcement issued by the White Forces regarding the Death of Tsar Nicholas II in 1918 following the now famous communication from the Press Office of the Central Executive Committee of Soviets, that because of the threat to Ekaterinburg by the monarchic Czechoslovaks that the Regional Executive Committee of Soviets had ordered the death of the former Tsar, which was then carried out on the 16th July. The order had in fact come from Lenin in Moscow.
This announcement also stated that the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and the Tsarevich Alexei were still alive. It was later discovered by the Sokolov investigation after Ekaterinburg was taken that the whole imperial family along with their retainers had been murdered in the Ipatiev House. This newspaper announcement has been widely used in most books discussing the murder of the imperial family. There is a full translation of the text included in the images. Mounted in a black wooden frame.
Overall Size: 33.5 x 21.5 cm approx
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