The hundredth anniversary of the murder of the Imperial Family at the House of Special Purpose in Ekaterinburg has passed. We now know quite a lot about the murders, more than we once did. We know for sure that all the family, and several of their servants were killed; we know too that the order came from Lenin mediated through the local Soviet. All the various fantasies surrounding figures such as "Anna Anderson" have now been put to rest forever. And yet, as this excellent article by Konstantin von Eggert in this magazine makes clear, for many in Russia the question of Ekaterinburg remains a live issue.