One of the key moments of the Russian revolution at the beginning of the 20th century was the execution of the family of the last emperor Nikolai Romanov. Throughout the last century, the death of the Romanov family was surrounded by the most dramatic and fantastic details, including conspiracy theories. What were the prerequisites for this event, what actually happened in the basement of the Ipatiev House, who is to blame for the fact that the most famous prisoners of the revolution were shot without trial - says the book of foreign researcher Heinrich Ioffe.