 Canonization of the Romanovs

The canonization of the Romanovs (also called "glorification" in the Russian Orthodox Church) was the elevation to sainthood of the last Imperial Family of Russia – Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei – by the Russian Orthodox Church.The family was killed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918 at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg.