On this day

On this day

The execution of the Royal family

17 July 1918

On the night of July 16-17, 1918 executing the resolution of the Presidium of the Ural Regional Soviet of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers' Deputies the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, members of his family (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatyana, Maria, Anastasia, Grand Duke Tsarevich Alexei) as well as members of the Royal suite (physician Ye. Botkin, chef I. Kharitonov, maid A. Demidova and valet, colonel A. Troopp) were shot in the basement of Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg.

The Battle of Stalingrad began

17 July 1942

July 17, 1942 began the Battle of Stalingrad (today Volgograd) - one of the major and fiercest battles, which radically changed the course of the Great Patriotic War and the Second World War. The Battle of Stalingrad is divided conventionally into two periods: the defensive (17 July - 18 November 1942) and the offensive (November 19, 1942 - February 2, 1943).