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TIL a dog named Joy was the only member of Nicholas II household to survive the family’s execution. The Bolsheviks murdered the former Tsar, his wife,their five children,four retainers, and two other dogs, but spared Joy because he didn’t bark. Joy was later rescued and lived out his days in England

TIL a dog named Joy was the only member of Nicholas II household to survive the family's execution. The Bolsheviks murdered the former Tsar, his wife,their five children,four retainers, and two other dogs, but spared Joy because he didn't bark. Joy was later rescued and lived out his days in England
Joy, the dog of Tsarevich Alexei, was the sole member of the Romanov household to survive the 1918 execution, with recent findings confirming his survival and later life.
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