History Matters's video: Why didn t the Tsar Flee Russia During the Russian Revolution Short Animated Documentary

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was famously relieved of life by the Bolsheviks in 1918 whilst he was under house arrest in Russia. But given that he'd abdicated about a year prior to this, why didn't he leave and head for a safe foreign country? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Øystein Alsaker thypthon Dummy Sergio M. Vela Heath Robertson 0dd Dave Brondsema YouKnowWho Michael Kram Hasmuffin Franco La Bruna Southside Mitch Azlow the Lion John Andrew Partington Matthew Literovich William Andrea JakeBak0905 Ryan Schindeler Hayden Rivers Alex Teplyakov Joooooshhhhhh Gerald Armstrong Piotr Wojnowski Phoenix Fats Steven Gibson Stalliarus Travis Mount Joshua Rackstraw Phillip Gathright Shauna K imperialgerman Windischgraetz Coolin Castleman Samantha O'Leary Jack Wicks Philip Yip Ariel David Moya Sequeira Aaron Conaway sharpie660 Andrea Dekrout Christopher Godfrey Richard Manklow WR Christian & Penny Gray Tailsdoll Vance Christiaanse Andrew F Andreas Mosand Baste Arthur Hosey Jr. Dana Spurgeon Joerg S Eugene Delacroix Nicholas Menghini Erik Hare Porkmeister Konstantin Bredyuk Colonel Oneill William Swiacki Ron Johnson Adrian Marine Matthew Toles Allen Rines Shawn Morse zockotron David Johnston Jack Nelson Katie Flinn James Fouts Jane Sumpter Zach Rust Sethars Liam Gilleece Roman Kynčl Keith A. Layton TheWalkingKen Wesley Helgeson Chase Labiste Harley Raptopoulos Ciege Engine Vilena5 Angel Aguiñaga Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Isabel Harrison Tim Lane Sahni Clayton Schuman Tactical_Jackal Mark Hoffman Snowdon Chris Winther Michael Galloway Bradley Backoff Chris Weisel Imperial Pony Serius_Loyola Mickey Landen Ian Jensen Andrew Patane Christine Purvis Michael Myers mgnesium.poetry HelloAgain Matt Reed Leena Al-Souki Robert Woodward John Garcia epic4 Nader Farhat Perry Gagne Victor Gomez Anthony McCann KNSTRKTVST JAY ALAN EDELMAN Matthew O'Connor William Adderholdt Wilhelm Screamer Bernice Dullis Steve Bonds ARandomPaperClip tosha van opstall Raymond He Juliet Werewolf Joshua Rosenberg Curt Helmerich Warren Rudkin Juan Castillo Bartosz Zasada Chach Abhijeeth bas mensink James Bisonette Fan Stefan Møller Steven Mastronardo BattleGoat Studios Joel Cromwell Nathan Ngumi Yossi Vainshtein Aaron Larrow David van Reyk Thomas McGill Joseph Hutchins Ahmed Roshdi Richard Wolfe Dexter_McAaron Andrew Niedbala Ryan Marinelli Joseph Reinsch Gnar Slabdash No way Hexapuma David Patrick Bucko Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Christian Vasquez Leon Colm Byrne Liquid Chief Marty Myers Scott O'Donnell James Nicolas IDontThinkYouCare emccabe Matthew Trimborn Oliver Jenner Manny F Malcolm Estus Qi Xiao Yared Cristiano Adam Rabung Jonny Minogue Tino Bernardo Santos Tim Stumbaugh Benjamin Bowring Parth Sagdeo Alex Kihurani Bren Ehnebuske Alen SirAlpaka Bodo Nuber Ken Warner Alex Slepak Burt Clothier kevinh Ryan Haber Matthew Bakke Nathan Snyder Daniel D. Mars Project Clay Carroll Emily D Vegard Tønnessen Dima Volodin Eddie Azul Bravestrong Coper Melissa Prober Bryan Linsley Sean Long Michael Cunningham Mirza Ahmed nullptr Peter Marino Brian Giordano Yuichiro Kakutani Gordon Wilson anon Mark Littlehale Robert Mitchell Tristan Kreller Pat Stahl Léon M. Joker 54 Jeffrey Schneider Joseph Kerckhoff John Orr I'm Not In The Description Keith Garvey LambOfLeg Robert Brockway Kevin Phoenix Justin Pearson Alex G. Ball State Michael Dierker JT96 Justin Pratt Phil and Lisa Toland אורי פרקש Thomas Wang Wolf Kinfe85 LUIS JIMENEZ Jeremy Arghhhhh mohd Sophie Winter Joshua A Bishop Riley davidson Tyler Jenkins Charles Doolittle Peter A Titov Mark Ploegstra Zachary Oertel Colm Boyle A. G. Ellen Teapot Dr. Schnitzel Franklin Sousa blaZzinG_FurY Mik Scheper Lech Duraj Yick Chung Dr. Sarno Sean D. Christopher Lichtenberg Gregory Priebe Rita Cragwall Donald Weaver Peter Konieczny Seth Reeves Andrey Listochkin Colonel Cheng Alexander Pozniak Now Seibert Dan Reiher Danny Anstess Heytun Casey Frye Käs Andrew Sever Matthew Hogan Paul McGee Michael Coates Abdallah Al-Ammari João Santos Froilan Legaspi Daniel O'Reilly Ben L Stefano Deiana Gezza The Random Reviewer Pierre Le Mouel Erik Carlsson Olaf Laura Jeal Rhys Little Hakkira Jackarice26 Farquhar Ramshackle Oliver Robson Drew Deegan Gina Service Friedrich Demmer Phil Johnston zemnmez James Ling George Gremo DarkLycan Roberticus1992