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Nastya, Nastenka, Nastas, Malenkaya (little one), Shvibzik (imp), Nastasia. (:
Grand Duchess Anastasia went by The Little Pair, Nastya, Nastas, Nastenka, Malenkaya, and Shvibzik.
It is pronounced "sh-veeb-zik". The "sh" sound is like in the word "shy", and the "ee" is as in "see". The emphasis is placed on the second syllable, "veeb".
In the film, Pooka ( which means Female Dog-including slang term usage!) Pooka was shown only as a puppy in the cartoon, but they get quite large, The Czarevna"s pet was a Russian wolfhound or Borzoi, the national breed and in real life favored by the Nobility and also used as a hunting dog. For some reason , despite the passage of years in the story, Pooka is always shown as an immature puppy- never an adult dog. In real life Anastasia had two dogs named Shvibzik and Jemmy
Anastasia Romanova was the fourth and last daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia she had on younghr brother and three older sisters. She is correctly styled Her Imperial Highness The Grand Duchess (ranked above a Princess) Anastasia Nicolaievna. This means Anastasia the daughter of Nicolai (the Russian form of Nicholas). She was born on June 18 (as was Paul McCartney) in 1901 in St. Petersburg, then Imperial Russia. her older sisters names wear Olga, Tatiana, and Maria (also called Marie) and and her little brother's name was Alexei. She was about 5'1" tall, her sister Tatiana was the tallest at about 5'8". She was the imp of the family and did many pranks. Her nickname was Shvibzik (meaning "imp" in Russian). Anastasia didn't like school work, but was very good at art like her sisters. She liked taking photos with her family when they were on holidays and every place else. They loved being in motion pictures and they recorded themselves playing outside as well as dancing, roller skating, and playing on the Standart (the family yacht). She was 17 at the time of her death in Ekaterinburg in Siberia. About 6 months ago remains were found near where the Tsar's bones were found. She DID die with her family in 1918 DNA tests in the 1990s on the remains found in a grave prove it was indeed Aanastasia. Therefore, Anna Anderson was not Anastasia.
The names of Czar Nicholas's children were Her imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Olga (1895-1918), Her Imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Tatiana (1897-1918), Her Imperial Highness, The Grand Duchess Maria, (1899-1918) Her Grace, the Grand Duchess Anastasia- 1901-1918 and the Czaevich-Crown Prince- Alexis (1904-1918)