1 Dog Survived the Romanov Execution by Doing Nothing

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]One dog survived the execution of Russia's entire royal family >> [music] >> by staying silent.

[00:00:06]July 1918 The Romanovs were lined up in a basement.

[00:00:12]Bolshevik soldiers executed all 14 people [music] and animals.

[00:00:16]Tsar Nicholas, his wife, all five children gone.

[00:00:21]Even two royal dogs were shot on [music] site.

[00:00:24]But one spaniel named Joy never barked. Comment what you do. The soldiers let him live because [music] he stayed quiet.

[00:00:32]A British officer found Joy months later starving.

[00:00:37]Joy lived his final years in Windsor, England. The quiet dog outlived an empire. The Romanov remains weren't found until 1991 >> [music] >> and two bodies are still missing.

[00:00:49]Like this if your dog would have barked.