I suggested sometime ago that an effort be undertaken to remember Klementy Nagorny. From all the evidence that I've seen he was a loyal and devoted Russian soldier, who served his Tsar honorably. He was also a loyal friend to the Royal Family while under arrest at Tsarskoe Selo, Tbolsk and Yekaterinberg.
I have always understood the actions of Deverenko, though the ultimate betrayal if Anna Vyrubova is to be believed, they are practical and allowed him to survive.
I remember what Harry Truman said in 1947 when he integrated the American Military. A delegation of Generals, Admirals and retired officers came to him to argue against it. After they left, Harry Truman said that while he listened to them, respectfully, he absolutely did not agree with them.
His job as President was to do what was right, and, he did.
What Deverenko did what was practical; what Nagorny did what was right and he deserves to be remembered for that. And aren't there enough monuments to men and women of marginal or questionable virtue, that we can mark the life and death of a man who served his country with honor, was loyal to those who gave him friendship and respect, even when it would be much easier not to. If I were a descendant of one of his children, I would be proud to lay claim to his legacy.
And such a man deserves to be remembered. I do.