Ivan Mikhailovich Kharitonov (russian: Иван Михайлович Харитонов; 1872 – 17 July 1918) was the Head

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at the court of

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of ...

. He followed the Romanov family into internal exile following the

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and was executed with them by the

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on 17 July 1918 at

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. Like the Romanovs, Kharitonov was canonized as a

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of Soviet oppression by the

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in 1991. Kharitonov's wife and daughter followed him into exile at

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but did not join him when the Bolsheviks moved the prisoners to Ekaterinburg in the spring of 1918. Kharitonov's grandson attended the funeral held on 17 July 1998 in Peter and Paul Cathedral in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

for his grandfather, the Romanovs, their servants (

Anna Demidova Anna Stepanovna Demidova (26 January 1878 – 17 July 1918) was a lady-in-waiting in the service of Empress Alexandra of Russia. She stayed with the Romanov family when they were arrested, and was executed together with Alexandra and the Roman ...

and

Alexei Trupp Aloise "Alexei" Yegorovich Trupp (russian: Алоизий Егорович Трупп, lv, Aloizs Lauris Trūps, i=no; 8 April 1856 – 17 July 1918) was the Latvian head footman in the household of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Trupp was ...

), and the other victims who were murdered eighty years before.

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Chefs from the Russian Empire Canonised servants of the Romanov household 1872 births 1918 deaths Passion bearers 20th-century Christian saints Russian domestic workers People executed by Russia by firing squad Male chefs Court of Nicholas II of Russia {{saint-stub

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