Ipatiev house update.
1. A portrait showing Nicholas and Alexandra in their bedroom at the Ipatiev house. The sleeping Alexei's right knee is bandaged by virtue of a fall at the Governor's house (their previous "prison") in Tobolsk.
2. As best I can figure out, this photo was taken in the in the Grand Duchesses' bedroom and looks into Nicholas's bedroom.
3. South side of the house looking northwest.
4. View looking northwest from the garden. The bathouse is on the left.
5. Rear of house. The letter "P" indicates the Popov house which was right across the street (see below).
6. It was through this arched and grated window that Victor Deriabin watched the regicide.
7. Another portrait, this time of a White soldier is sitting in Nicholas's bedroom shortly after the regicide. The open door leads into the Grand Duchesses' bedroom. Nicholas's tunic and Alexei's cap that he liked to wear while on the Standart (the Imperial yacht) are seen scattered about on the floor.
2. As best I can figure out, this photo was taken in the in the Grand Duchesses' bedroom and looks into Nicholas's bedroom.
3. South side of the house looking northwest.
4. View looking northwest from the garden. The bathouse is on the left.
5. Rear of house. The letter "P" indicates the Popov house which was right across the street (see below).
6. It was through this arched and grated window that Victor Deriabin watched the regicide.
7. Another portrait, this time of a White soldier is sitting in Nicholas's bedroom shortly after the regicide. The open door leads into the Grand Duchesses' bedroom. Nicholas's tunic and Alexei's cap that he liked to wear while on the Standart (the Imperial yacht) are seen scattered about on the floor.
Below, Alexander Popov, whose house was directly across the street from the Ipatiev house. He was an early radio pioneer and is shown here pointing out his invention to a Russian military officer. The Bolsheviks commandeered his house and used it as a barracks for the interior and exterior guard. Beyond that, he played absolutely no role in the regicide.