Peter:
Well Chris, it would rock for the worst reasons. Restitution would be like appointing new oligarchs - I thought Russia finally got of these folks. Plus, one has to seriously wonder why there was such a violent revolution against the Romanovs. Let's keep them in history, not the present or the future....... I am an eternal enemy of the Bolsheviks, but I do understand why Russia needed a change in 1917..... Most in Russia agree.
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Whoa Peter! I did NOT say that they should be restituted or that 1917-era Tsarism was a good thing! _IF_ they, or some of them, decide to come back, it would be as private citizens with whatever wealth (or lack thereof) they currently possess and they would have no special status, although I would imagine someone might try to work his or her way into business or politics. If they want to come back, why shouln't they? They can't be barred at the border.
I do think, however, that some of the Romanovs (Peter I, Catherine the Great, the Tsar Liberator) definitely deserve some monuments. Peter I deserves way better than the atrocious Tsereteli statue. It's like Rome with no statues of the Caesars.
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