This book, based on investigative documents, is dedicated to one of the tragic pages of Russian and world history - the murder of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family in the Urals in the summer of 1918. This publication contains all the chapters of the work of investigator N.A. Sokolov (1882–1924), published in Berlin the year after the author’s death. This book contains all chapters and is published without abbreviations, which are sometimes found in other publications. In this regard, this book also contains materials concerning the investigation into the murder of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich in Perm, as well as Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, who was tortured near Alapaevsk, with other representatives of the House of Romanov and their companions. The publication is intended for everyone interested in Russian history.