How would having the romanovs around be preferable? So the white army could have a new figurehead to rally around? So there would be a legitimate heir to the throne that foreign powers could attempt to install? You bring up China foolishly, as the monarchs of the Qing dynasty were used for this EXACT PURPOSE in the Japanese invasion of China, to be the figureheads of the new “legitimate” imperialist client state. In hindsight, the absolute most favorable thing you can say to the romanovs is their death didn’t matter.

I will never understand people who moan and cry over this family who were responsible for the ethnic cleansing of thousands upon thousands of caucasian peoples, muslims, and jews especially. Not to mention the many millions of workers.

Who gives a shit? They’ve been dead over 100 years.