On February 21, 1913, the 300th anniversary of the reign of the House of Romanov was solemnly celebrated. On the night of July 18, 1918, the Romanov royal family was shot. The proposed book includes: anniversary publications carried out under the leadership of the Committee for organizing the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the House of Romanov; an essay by the Chairman of the Urals Council P. M. Bykov about the execution of the royal family and archival documents that until recently were in special security; excerpts from their books, diaries, letters, memoirs of Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, nephew of Tsar T. N. Kulikovsky-Romanov, Alexander Kerensky, Leon Trotsky, Kremlin commandant D. Malkov and Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin; comments from the authors.