The remains of Nicholas II were flown today from Yekaterinburg to the former imperial capital St. Petersburg, where a state funeral will be held Friday, 80 years to the day since the last Russian czar and his family and servants were executed on orders from Bolshevik leaders. President Yeltsin at first spurned the service, planning to send lower-ranking officials instead. Today, though, he said he would attend after all.
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The remains of Nicholas II were flown today from Yekaterinburg to the former imperial capital St. Petersburg, where a state funeral will be held Friday, 80 years to the day since the last Russian czar and his family and servants were executed on orders from Bolshevik leaders. President Yeltsin at first spurned the service, planning to send lower-ranking officials instead. Today, though, he said he would attend after all.
