During the move of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm, some jewelry of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, turned up. The Tsar's aunt hid the valuables in 1917 in the Swedish embassy in St. Petersburg to rescue them from the hands of the revolutionary Russians.
On the night of July 17-18, 1918, Commander Yakov Yurtovsky awakens the Romanov tsar family. Whether they want to go with him to the basement of the Ipatiev house to take a family photo. The photo is supposed to prove to Moscow that the family is still alive. Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna and their four daughters and son stumble down the stairs in agreement. The family groups neatly. But then… an execution salvo. The Tsar, his wife and son are killed instantly. The daughters are still alive. Jewelery, jewelry and diamonds, hidden in the ladies' corset, have deflected the bullets. A second salvo, followed by a bayonet thrust into the body. The last tsar family of Russia is no more.
In the middle of the night, Russian soldiers transport the bodies in trucks to an abandoned mining shaft. The soldiers strip the inanimate objects of their clothes and discover the jewels, jewelry and diamonds. Everyone grabs what he can. The majority disappears into their own pocket.
Smuggling
Years pass. No one knows what happened to some of the Romanovs captured by the soldiers and other jewelry. Until now. During a major relocation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm, valuable items and some jewelry belonging to the Tsar and his family turned up in an archive. The minister announced that Nicholas's cufflinks, made by the famous Russian goldsmith Peter Carl Fabergé, and a jeweled cigarette box were part of the find. The Tsar's aunt, Maria Pavlovna, hid the valuables in 1917 in the Swedish embassy in St Petersburg to rescue them from the hands of the revolutionary Russians. The valuables were later smuggled to Stockholm. But many did not know about this. Maria Pavlovna took the secret to her grave in 1920.
The find is probably worth two million euros. The tsar's next of kin are now in possession of the treasure. Auction house Sotheby's in London will auction the valuables in November.