Explanation: Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of the Russian Empire, was an incompetent and authoritarian ruler who murdered thousands, frittered away the nation's wealth on jewelry while his people went hungry, and was eventually overthrown and executed by his own people. No more Tsars! Good riddance to bad rubbish!

Unfortunately, the decision was made to execute the Tsar's teenage children as well simply for the crime of being the Tsar's children, which is a pretty horrific atrocity.

If the lineage had continued any heirs become rallying points for future revolutions and insurgencies