Source B is similar in many ways however this was because judge Sergeyev shows Sir Charles Eliot around the house and as Sergeyev would have been the expert his opinions would have affected Sir Charles Judgement. Source B agrees on the people that were killed however he said “it is supposed” so he isn’t sure. One extra thing on Sir Charles’ report that wasn’t in Source A is he mention surviving members of the royal family being seen in a train leaving Ekaterinburg on 17th July 1918, however this directly conflicts with Source C where Judge Sokolov says that on 17th July exactly the bodies of the entire Romanov family were chopped up and burned but the surviving family members couldn’t have been burnt and seen alive somewhere else at the same time. Therefore that account isn’t totally reliable.
There are many facts that conflict both sources reliability such as Judge Sergeyev having a strong influence on both sources. Also the fact that Sergeyev got sacked a month after the report was issued combined with the fact that in Source C his successor Sokolov’s account is far more gruesome and biased towards the provisional government shows that maybe Sergeyev got sacked for telling the truth and that makes his source more reliable however, Sokolov learned from his mistake and made sure his report was as bad as possible and shows how horrendous and evil the Reds were. Overall, both sources had agreed on a number of things like the number of people killed and their identities and the gruesomeness of the deaths. However, when cross referenced with other sources like Source C it shows that Source B is slightly under speculation whereas Source A could be the truth and in fact very reliable.
B) The accounts in Source A and B have many differences and similarities with Source C. the accounts in Source C are written by Judge Sokolov, Sergeyev’s successor. Sokolov is adamant that every member of the Romanov family was killed in that house. His accounts are totally gruesome and gory, instead of saying killed he says “massacred” and he goes into detail on how supposedly the bodies were disposed of. The report is to show how bad and cruel the Reds are and Sokolov is exaggerating the deaths of the Romanov family probably to the request of the provisional government.
All the sources agree on the fact that more than one person was killed and that at least the Tsar was killed in the house. Source B agrees with Source C as it says that the victims had been shot while kneeling and Source C continuously states how evil and violent the deaths were.
However, there are many points that Sources A and B disagree with Source C with. Source B states that on 17th July a train was seen with the surviving members of the royal family in it however, Source C says that on 17th July all the corpses were disposed of in a mine. Sources A and B are much less gruesome in how the Royal family were killed whereas Source C goes over the top with the detail and gore just to show how awful the Bolsheviks were. Source C also says that Sergeyev had no doubt that the entire Romanov family were killed in the Ipatiev house however, in Source A Sergeyev apparently believed that only some members of the Romanov family were killed in that house and therefore that is false.
Overall, it is obvious that Source C greatly differs from Source A and B as there are many things that are strongly conflicted in the sources whereas the things they agree on are limited and not that important. Source C shows that the murders were horrendous and it was carnage but there’s nothing to support that in the other Sources. Source C also claims the bodies were dumped of but Source B says the family were seen alive elsewhere. All these things linked in prove that the extent of disagreement is great and Source A & B compared with Source C are very different and disagree.
