Russians reconstruct Romanov family's last journey
Chugging through Russia's imperial past
Location: Sverdlovsk
Tourists are retracing the Romanov family's last journey
with a new train route that runs through the Ural mountains
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) TRAIN PASSENGER, MARIA GORBUNOVA, SAYING:"Initially, I was a bit shy, but then I saw that people were trying on these costumes, they liked it, and I also wanted to try this look ... I feel spiritually involved in history, it all resonates in my soul."
The three-hour journey retraces the gruesome history
leading up to the royal family's execution in 1918
