Inspired slightly by how Mao dealt with Emperor Pi Yi and his family.
What if, instead of killing the the entire family, the Bolsheviks announce to the deposed Tsar and Tsarina that they are taking custody of their children to 'free them' from their role as symbols for the old order?
The young Romanov's are then separated from their parents, subjected to hardcore brainwashing, forced to renounce their claims to the Russian throne, enrolled in the nascent Komsomol and then paraded around in front of the international media and the Soviet populace as examples of Lenin's mercy and the inevitability of social progress.
How does this affect the morale of the Whites and the Russian émigré movement? How do Russians and other subjects of the Russian empire react generally? What is the International reaction? What will happen when they grow up?
What if, instead of killing the the entire family, the Bolsheviks announce to the deposed Tsar and Tsarina that they are taking custody of their children to 'free them' from their role as symbols for the old order?
The young Romanov's are then separated from their parents, subjected to hardcore brainwashing, forced to renounce their claims to the Russian throne, enrolled in the nascent Komsomol and then paraded around in front of the international media and the Soviet populace as examples of Lenin's mercy and the inevitability of social progress.
How does this affect the morale of the Whites and the Russian émigré movement? How do Russians and other subjects of the Russian empire react generally? What is the International reaction? What will happen when they grow up?