This reminds me of a guy I knew I college, he said his family hated communism because his great-grandfather was murdered by the Bolsheviks. He said he was just a simple carriage-builder for the tsar.
Reflecting on that anecdote, assuming it is true (that he was a carriage-builder for the tsar and he was killed by “the Bolsheviks”)… I suspect there was critical information that was left out. Likely, he was a supporter of tsar and fought with the white army or something along those lines, and was killed in the civil war.
I’m not saying it’s the most likely answer, but it’s also possible that he just died in the crossfire. If you have a job that is so personally connected to the Tsar himself, you’re likely to be in places where fighting is happening even if you’re a civilian.
I honestly think it’s more likely that the Bolsheviks killed him deliberately than in the crossfire, but yeah the most likely guess is that the guy who was employed directly by the Tsar would fight to preserve the Tsardom, so he was killed trying to fight revolutionaries.
There wasn’t much crossfire to be caught in around the tsar court, since it was mostly disbanded even before October Revolution.
Oh and carriage driver for tsar would be very likely okhrana agent, this was one of the favourite methods of being undercover in okhrana modus operandi, both for observers and bodyguards (the last one ever since Alexander II died in assassination in his carriage).
Ah true, so maybe not an okhrana agent but the former point still stay, bolshevik capture of tsar palaces was almost bloodless, if he got killed it was later, most likely when the dumb tsarist ass fought for whites.
This reminds me of a guy I knew I college, he said his family hated communism because his great-grandfather was murdered by the Bolsheviks. He said he was just a simple carriage-builder for the tsar.
Reflecting on that anecdote, assuming it is true (that he was a carriage-builder for the tsar and he was killed by “the Bolsheviks”)… I suspect there was critical information that was left out. Likely, he was a supporter of tsar and fought with the white army or something along those lines, and was killed in the civil war.
I’m not saying it’s the most likely answer, but it’s also possible that he just died in the crossfire. If you have a job that is so personally connected to the Tsar himself, you’re likely to be in places where fighting is happening even if you’re a civilian.
I honestly think it’s more likely that the Bolsheviks killed him deliberately than in the crossfire, but yeah the most likely guess is that the guy who was employed directly by the Tsar would fight to preserve the Tsardom, so he was killed trying to fight revolutionaries.
There wasn’t much crossfire to be caught in around the tsar court, since it was mostly disbanded even before October Revolution.
Oh and carriage driver for tsar would be very likely okhrana agent, this was one of the favourite methods of being undercover in okhrana modus operandi, both for observers and bodyguards (the last one ever since Alexander II died in assassination in his carriage).
tbf this is a carriage builder
Ah true, so maybe not an okhrana agent but the former point still stay, bolshevik capture of tsar palaces was almost bloodless, if he got killed it was later, most likely when the dumb tsarist ass fought for whites.
Yeah, that’s fair