Eugene Botkin
Yevgeny Sergeyevich Botkin (Russian: Евгений Сергеевич Боткин; 27 March 1865 – 17 July 1918), commonly known as Eugene Botkin, was the court physician since 1908 for Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. He sometimes treated the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia for haemophilia-related complications, like in Spala in 1912.
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Eugene Botkin | |
| Born | Yevgeny Sergeyevich Botkin 27 March 1865 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 July 1918 (aged 53) Ekaterinburg, Russian SFSR |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Occupation | Physician |
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Olga Botkina (div. 1910) |
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Saint Eugene Botkin the Physician | |
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| Righteous Passion-Bearer | |
| Venerated in | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 2016 by the Russian Orthodox Church |
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Botkin went into exile with the Romanov family, accompanying them to Tobolsk and Yekaterinburg in Siberia. He was murdered with the Imperial family by guards on 17 July 1918.
Like the Romanov family, Botkin was canonised in 1981 as a New Martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
In 2000, the Russian Orthodox Church canonised the Romanov family as passion bearers. On 3 February 2016, the Bishop's Council of the Russian Orthodox Church canonised Botkin as Righteous Passion-Bearer Yevgeny the Physician.