Who could've given Tsar Nicholas II and his family refuge aside from the British and the French?

Denmark was a small, ethnically homogenous nation with no immigrant history that was close to the Russian Empire.

Denmark would not only be sheltering the royal family, but the royal family could be a beacon for many more white Russians. France, which did have at least somewhat of an immigrant tradition, was willing to shelter white Russians- with the quiet and gentle understanding that most be at least relatively wealthy and be low maintenance and low social impact.

Denmark's position on the Baltic would make it attractive to larger numbers of Russian refugees with more diverse levels of wealth and education. I think this would not sit well with Denmark in 1918. My guess is that any potential for serving as a refugee destination beyond a few individuals was going to be well, declined- with a polite smile.
The Danes could just deny entry from everyone they did not wish to receive, as there were no international asulym treaties in effect.
 
The British or French could easily do it and just not bring him to Britain or France.

Put him in Bombay, Hong Kong, or Oran and domestic radicals have a lot less of a chance to stir up riots.

It doesn't have to be a big public thing and really, the far left in the UK and France cared far more about the metropole than any of the overseas possessions.
 
Mexico and Latin America saw some Russian immigration. China was littered with penneliss Russian aristocrats for the next three decades. Post 1919 they started filtering into Europe, including Germany.
 
Is it Tsar or Czar?


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The Danes could just deny entry from everyone they did not wish to receive, as there were no international asulym treaties in effect.
In theory, they could do just that. Borders, however, are far harder to control in reality. People have ways of entering and once they have entered, removing them can be difficult.
How much money did they get make off with? With enough cash, the US would likely let them in so they will spend the money in the US.

By imperial bling standards not much.

Even prior to the ouster, the actual Romanov personal fortune (as opposed to state assets at their disposal or maintained for their use) was in decline. Being an emperor is financially draining. The many and expected social balls designed to keep the ’Stans, the Caucuses, the Baltics and Poland impressed with imperial splendor and might were Romanov financial responsibilities. So were the upkeep fees on some palaces and many other costly "this and that's".

The Romanovs also did not appear to plan in advance much as far as foreign bank accounts went. They would probably arrive with little more than their copious quantities of personal and portable jewelry.
 
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Best get those girls married off soonest. The Roaring Twenties are ahead, they should marry well for the short term.

Now I'm imagining Bernnie Wooster & Jeeves encountering a man hunting Romanov girl. Or a Scott Fitzgerald novel revolving around this theme.
 
Best get those girls married off soonest. The Roaring Twenties are ahead, they should marry well for the short term.

Now I'm imagining Bernnie Wooster & Jeeves encountering a man hunting Romanov girl. Or a Scott Fitzgerald novel revolving around this theme.

Maybe an earlier and different Black Widow character in the comics.
 
In theory, they could do just that. Borders, however, are far harder to control in reality. People have ways of entering and once they have entered, removing them can be difficult.
As the sad fate of Jewish refugees in the 1930s points out, naval borders were much more easy to enforce - hence the need for postwar treaties. But this has nothing to do with Romanovs anymore.
 
China hosted 100,000-200,000 White Emigres, many of whom were soldiers/officers.

China was balls deep into warlordism at the time, so uh... Anyone up for a Romanov Dynasty of China?
 
If they wanted to stay in Europe, I think Switzerland might be a good bet, but if they wanted to put as much distance between them and Russia, my guess would be either the U.S. or Canada. While cousin George decided not to take them in due to fear of communist trouble in Britain, I could see him sending them on to Canada; possibly Vancouver. IMHO while there may be some disgruntled feelings from emigrants or their descendants, as long as they didn't go around announcing themselves as the (former) Royal Family I think they'd be alright.
 
Denmark was a small, ethnically homogenous nation with no immigrant history that was close to the Russian Empire.

Denmark would not only be sheltering the royal family, but the royal family could be a beacon for many more white Russians. France, which did have at least somewhat of an immigrant tradition, was willing to shelter white Russians- with the quiet and gentle understanding that most be at least relatively wealthy and be low maintenance and low social impact.

Denmark's position on the Baltic would make it attractive to larger numbers of Russian refugees with more diverse levels of wealth and education. My guess is that any potential for serving as a refugee destination beyond a few wealthy and obscure individuals was going to be well, declined- with a polite smile.

If the Russian Tsar arrived in Denmark, he would be let in, he was a close relative to the royal family, and other member of the Russian royal family did live in exile in Denmark in the interbellum. Denmark also had a community of Russian nobility after the Russian revolution (most left voluntary later out of fear Soviet invasion after WWII), the people the Danes didn’t let in was the common Russian refugees. In Gentofte the municipality north of Copenhagen which is ground zero for the Danish upper class, Russian and Baltic German surnames (through the latter is often hidden by the fact that German surnames are common in general there) are relative common.

If the imperial family stay in Denmark, I expect that the girls will marry minor royals across Europe, but also likely in Denmark the Oldenburgs had plenty of sidelines, the girls could marry into. Alexei will likely marry a minor royal if he survives to adulthood, any healthy sons he have will have will likely have a military career in Denmark, and if his line survives to modern day, it will simply be a Danish upper class family with a interesting pedigree.
 

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Move in the Habsburg as well, than have them ground some club called "The league of the Three Emperors".
Bowling League?

To the OP:

U.S. then Canada, then Spain/Portugal. After that it becomes a "whoever".

A REALLY bizarre option would be that if were collected by the Czech Legion and reached Vladivostok. Entente forces, primarily the Japanese, were already there to evac the Legions (there were also Polish, Romanian and Yugoslav "Legions"). You could wind up with the Son of Heaven playing host to the Emperor of All the Russias.
 
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