Romanovs' second burial site, July 19, 1918, in pictures

Across these railroad tracks at the Porosyonkov Ravine or Field is the second place the Bolsheviks buried the bodies of the  Romanovs, their cook, doctor, maid, and footman on July 19, 1918. To hide the bodies from the Bolsheviks' opponents, the Whites, the executioners moved them 4.5 miles from the first place they dumped them on July 17, 1918  at what is now Ganina Yama, a monastery. (For July 25, 2018 photos of Ganina Yama, go here.)

The bodies of two children, Alexei and Maria, were found in a separate place and still have not been buried at Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg with the rest of the family.  The Russian Orthodox Church reportedly is unable to accept the last remains as those of Alexei and Maria.  

At this ravine 61 years later, amateur sleuths found most of the Romanovs' remains. This is how the site looks a little more than 100 years later.

Entrance to the second burial site/Photo by Patricia Leslie, July 25, 2018

Monuments stand on both sides of the second burial site/Photo by Patricia Leslie, July 25, 2018

One monument at the second burial site/Photo by Patricia Leslie, July 25, 2018

Another monument at the second burial site/Photo by Patricia Leslie, July 25, 2018

The second burial site of the Romanovs and their four staff members/Photo by Patricia Leslie, July 25, 2018

The second burial site of the Romanovs and their four staff members/Photo by Patricia Leslie, July 25, 2018

The cross and second burial site of the Romanovs and their four staff members looking towards the exit path/Photo by Patricia Leslie, July 25, 2018

The exit looking towards the railroad tracks/Photo by Patricia Leslie, July 25, 2018


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