The story of how the rulers of Russia for over 300 years met the end of their reign.

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Antique photograph of the British Empire: Women working in cycle factory
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Wooden stool. Brown stool
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Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine - Russian Empire 19th Century
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Antique photo: Czar Nicholas II and Bride
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Antique photograph: Czar Nicholas II and Family
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Yekaterinburg city center in the evening, the temple on the blood , the pond and the business center in the background, fly around the temple
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feet of people walking at night on dry grass and fallen leaves
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King Looking over His Castle and His Kingdom
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Closeup of male legs in black boots. Rear back view of man walking inside dark maze. Man walking inside dark room, corridor. Footage of mystical video. Shot on ARRI ALEXA Cinema Camera in slow motion
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Smoke Over Bullets On The Ground Warzone
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World War One British Troops Standing in a Battlefield
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Cinematic Dolly shot of a human hand holding black colored revolver gun lit with golden lights.
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antique wooden window, on a gray shabby building, around cobwebs and dirt
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Oil lamp lit in the darkness
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An Epic Two Handed Sword Inside a Rock
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horseman fantasy concept
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Awesome flight on drone over the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg at sunset
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World War One battlefields of the Western Front : trenches gimbal shot
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Man in robe holding burning candle against dark background, religious cult
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Sunset in Sankt Peterburg,Winter weather and frozen canal
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Frontal muzzle flash from shot in black gun chamber. Flashing gunfire slow-motion.
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Gun Shells Hitting Ground Phantom 4k (XCU)
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Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.
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Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.
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Barbed Wire In Thick Smoke
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Palace Square with Alexander Column
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Large-Scale Medieval Battle Reenactment. Violent Tribe of Warriors Attack Wooden Fortress Wall, They Climb Ladders, Guards Try to Defend Fortification.They Fight with Axes, Swords, Spears, Bows, and Shields.
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Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg
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SLOW MOTION: Scary spruce forest on dark winter night during heavy snow blizzard
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Time-Lapse of the sculpture of golden two-headed eagle and the angel on the Alexander Column on the Palace Square - St Petersburg, Russia
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Time-Lapse of the sculpture of angel on the Alexander Column on the Palace Square - St Petersburg, Russia
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Human skull: Light sweeps past eye sockets in close up. Spooky and sinister.
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Timelapse Fast Driving on rural forest road at night, pov
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compass and spyglass on old world map in candlelight
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4k Horror Bloody Hand Falling Down
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panorama from top hill to ural mountains
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Doctor doing DNA tests
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Palace Square in St. Petersburg
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Palace Square in St. Petersburg
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Arch Palace Square
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Arch Palace Square
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Silhouette people are digging soil on sunrise
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Flying Over Forest At Night
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Marching to war
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The man opens the door using key
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