They confiscated keys from our boxes stored in the hall as well! Though they promised to return them occasionally. Scorching heat. Going to bed early because of heart pains and exhaustion #Romanovs100

Changing of commandants! ExeCom chairman Beloborodov informed that Avdeev’s been replaced with the one we mistook for a doctor - Yurovsky, who started by taking most of our gold items (rings, bracelets etc.) away #Romanovs100

Well, if Yurovsky feels it’s better to store jewelry under lock and key - so be it. I only asked him to let Alexei keep his watch - he’d be bored without it. Beginning tomorrow I’ll welcome Yurovsky with “your jewelry-box is secure, commandant” #Romanovs100

Yurovsky inquired me about the nature of Alexei’s hereditary disease that makes him nonambulatory. I replied that I find discussing that family secret unacceptable. Commandant backtracked, not insisting to learn the answer #Romanovs100

Alexei eats well and it's getting hard to carry him around. No news from Dr. Derevenko, though we ask about him every other day. I administered massage to Alexei’s leg and he’s making progress with moving it after the procedure #Romanovs100

I’ve asked guards to allow priest to visit us to administer divine service for Their Majesties. Guard promised he’ll ask one to come #Romanovs100

Bright sunshine and stray thunderstorms. Everybody goes out into garden but me - I’ve spent all day in my bed. Maria stays with me. Every day one of my girls reads me ‘Complete year-round list of short everyday sermons’ #Romanovs100

State of siege proclaimed in Ekaterinburg. So-called volunteer internationalists from the Austrian and German POWs are joining Red Army in order to protect Ekaterinburg from Czech mutineers and their White Army allies #Romanovs100

I’ve been told that chances to defend the city against Czechs are slim. Question about what is going to happen to us is standing straight and tall. When and where are they going to evacuate the Royal Family? What about us, the retinue? #Romanovs100

In one month’s time Alexei will turn 14. May God help to bring him up, strengthen him spiritually and invigorate his body. Let there be constant Grace of God with him. Let the Lord bless him with good health and bloom of his moral virtues #Romanovs100

Alexei has taken his first bath since arriving from Tobolsk. His knee is much better but he cannot straighten it completely. Warm weather. We still have no news from the outside #Romanovs100

'When I become Tsar there will be neither poor nor unhappy people. I want everyone to be happy' - Tsarevich Alexei Historical photo-puzzle ends July 16-17 romanovs100.com #Romanovs100

I wonder whether Nagorny and Sednev are still here in Ekaterinburg, whether they are still alive for that matter. I really doubt they can be made to leave Their Majesties so easily. There’s something truly sinister about their absence #Romanovs100

Yurovsky talked to Alexei in the dining room, inquiring after his health. Later on, Commandant promised to arrange some eggs and milk for him. One of Romanov girls also asked Yurovsky for some sewing threads to mend clothes. He said he’ll ask nuns to bring us some #Romanovs100

Last night I heard artillery shell explosion and some gunshots. Does it mean that the Czech mutineers are on the approaches to Ekaterinburg and are about to storm the city? #Romanovs100

4 women were sent by local Soviet to wash floors in Ipatiev house. They could only nod & smile, as forbidden to talk to them but found The Romanov Sisters sweet & kind. They seemed so natural & unaffected: ‘They were not gods, but ordinary people like us, simple mortals’ #Romanovs100

It's a beautiful day. Four women came to wash the floors in the house. Nicholas Romanov is reading aloud to us. We can hear the canon shooting outside the city. I hope the loyalist army can rescue us soon. #1918LIVE #Romanovs100

Cook Sednev disappeared today. He’s been Alexei’s only companion here, so we assigned our indispensible mediator Dr Eugene Botkin to inquire about him from Yurovsky. Looks like the boy is away to meet his uncle who’s just come to Ekaterinburg #Romanovs100

The Romanovs RIP #Romanovs100

Finally! I just received it! Thanks Revolutionary Times #1917LIVE