A SIGNED ORDER FROM ADMIRAL KOLCHAK ORDERING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF THE ROMANOVS, 1919

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A SIGNED ORDER FROM ADMIRAL KOLCHAK ORDERING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF THE ROMANOVS, 1919
together with Nikolai Sokolov's book with the results of the investigation. comprising:

a) A confidential order No 95 to the commander of Siberian Army, given by Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak, the `Supreme Ruler of All Russian Land and Sea Forces`, on February 24, 1919 in Yekaterinburg, assigning to Nikolai Sokolov, an Investigator of Emergency Cases, any aid and assistance needed in his probe of the case of the Assassination of the Russian Imperial family. Signed by Admiral Kolchak and the Head of Chancellery, Major General Martyanov;

b) UBIYSTVO TSARSKOY SEMYI [Assassination of the Imperial Family] Berlin: `Slovo`, 1925. 8vo (230 x 185 mm). 300 pages. Soft cover. Containing black and white photographic plates illustrating various evidences and documents related to the case, including an image of Kolchak`s order, similar to the one in the present lot. Text in Russian.

LOT NOTES
SOKOLOV, Nikolai (Russian 1882-1924) was the first person to carry out an investigation of the execution of the Romanovs. He was able to determine that the Royal Family was in fact shot, eliminating all other rumors. Prior to the Revolution, Sokolov served as an investigator at the district court of his hometown province, Penza. After the Revolution, remaining loyal to the old system, he traveled to Siberia, where he met with representatives of the Siberian government and was ultimately hired by the Prosecutor`s Office in Irkutsk and later in Omsk. Eight months after the Bolsheviks had executed the Royal family in Yekaterinburg, Sokolov came to this city with the Siberian army. Under the order of White Army Commander Alexander Kolchak, Sokolov collected evidence and studied information on the case. Based on testimony and physical evidence, he proved that the family was taken to the Ipatiev House and murdered on July 17, 1918. At one point during Sokolov`s investigation, the White Army was forced to retreat. However, he did not stop his research, and eventually sent the priceless documents to France. In 1920, Sokolov left Russia for Paris. Based on this investigation, Sokolov wrote a book Assassination of the Imperial Family, first published in French in Paris, and later translated into Russian after Sokolov`s death in 1924.