Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Anastasia Nikolaevna was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. She was killed with her family by a group of Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg on July 17, 1918. Persistent rumors of her possible escape circulated after her death.

About Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia in brief

Anastasia Nikolaevna was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. She was killed with her family by a group of Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg on July 17, 1918. Persistent rumors of her possible escape circulated after her death, fueled by the fact that the location of her burial was unknown during the decades of Communist rule. The abandoned mine serving as a mass grave which held the acidified remains of the Tsar, his wife and three of their daughters was revealed in 1991. These remains were put to rest at Peter and Paul Fortress in 1998. The bodies of Alexei Nikolaevich and the remaining daughter—either Anastasia or her older sister Maria—were discovered in 2007. Scientific analysis including DNA testing confirmed that the remains are those of the imperial family, showing that all four grand duchesses were killed in 1918. The fourth grand Duchess was named for the fourth-century martyr St. Anastasha, and was known as \”the breaker of chains\” because, in honor of her birth, her father pardoned and reinstated students who had been imprisoned for participating in riots in St. Petersburg and Moscow the previous winter. Her possible survival has been conclusively disproved. Several women falsely claimed to have been Anstasia; the best known impostor is Anna Anderson, who was cremated upon her death in 1984, but DNA testing in 1994 on available pieces of Anderson’s tissue and hair showed no relation to the Romanov family.

Most in the household, including the servants, generally called the Grand Duchess by her first name and patronym, \”Anastoria NikolaevNA\”, and did not use her title or style. While often described as gifted and bright, she was never interested in the restrictions of the school room, according to her tutors Pierre Gilliard and Sydney Gibbes. Her sharp, sensitive remarks sometimes exceeded the limits of acceptable behavior for her family, said one of her friends. She sometimes tripped the servants and played pranks on her tutor, who said she was a true genius in naughtiness. She died with the family at Yekinburg, later died with her cousin Ageny Botkin, who later died in a car accident. She is buried in the same grave as her mother and sister Olga, Tatiana, and Maria, and her father Alexei, Tsarevich of Russia. Her brother Alexei was the last Tsar to die in office, and he was buried in a different grave at the same site. She had a brother named Alexei and a sister named Maria, who died in childbirth. Her parents were disappointed that she was not a son, as they had hoped for a son who would have become heir apparent to the throne. She also had a sister called Olga and a brother called Tatiana. Her sister Maria was the younger sister of Grand Duchesses Olga,. Tatiana,. and Maria.

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