100 years

Next Tuesday, 17 July 2018, is the 100th anniversary of the execution of the Romanov family in Ekatarinburg.  This poster advertises a concert on that day to commemorate their martyrdom.  The Russian Orthodox Church proclaimed the family as "passion-bearers', saints who die at the hand of murderers, unlike martyrs, who die because of their faith.

I think that this article by the writer Simon Sebag Montefiore covers the current context very well.