The Romanovs

Anastasia Summers died on January 19, 2009, in Laurel, Maryland, USA of brain tumor.

Grand Duchess Anastasia is 5' 2".

Grand Duchess Anastasia went by The Little Pair, Nastya, Nastas, Nastenka, Malenkaya, and Shvibzik.

The House of Romanov or Romanov Dynasty began in 1613.

It is known that the Bolsheviks killed the Czar and his family, however, for many years it was not entirely clear if Anastasia also died. In theory, had the Czarists (also known as White Russians) tried to overthrow the communist dictatorship and bring back the monarchy, they would have needed Anastasia, as the last legitimate claimant to the throne. But that never happened, and it is now believed that Anastasia did die with the other members of her family, at the hands of the Bolsheviks.

The Russian people revolted against the Romanov dynasty due to widespread dissatisfaction with the severe economic hardship, social inequality, and political repression they experienced. The impact of World War I exacerbated these issues, leading to high casualties, food shortages, and inflation. Additionally, the autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II and his failure to implement reforms fueled public discontent, ultimately culminating in the February Revolution of 1917, which resulted in the abdication of the Tsar and the end of the Romanov dynasty.

Nastya, Nastenka, Nastas, Malenkaya (little one), Shvibzik (imp), Nastasia. (:

There were several, Stacy of course, is a shortened form of Anastasia, as is Stasia. Her Imperial Highness was also given the code name of IMP by both her Mother and the IKGB protection detachment. The Romanov girls were- in Code- Olga was called the Big Girl ( which she was) Tatiana was code named Bow-Wos ( maybe she liked dogs) Apples was grand duchess Marie, and the most popular of the big four was known as the Imp. It is not inconceivable that Imp might be an abbreviation for Imperial Princess, which she was, certainly not a derisive handle!

It depends, each daughter had her own unique personality.

OLGA (Holy) : Olga was the eldest daughter of the Tsar. She was quiet and reserved most of the time. She was known as the smartest of the children and loved to spend hours on end reading. She was also the only daughter to take a real interest in politics. However, Olga also had a bit of a temper on her.

TATIANA (Fairy Queen) : Tatiana came next. She had the absolute grace and charm of any dignitary. She was the very definition of poise and beauty. Tatiana glowed with a sense of her nobility and behaved as any high society girl would. She was also bossy and earned the nickname "the Governess" from her other sisters because of it.

MARIA (Beloved?) : Maria was the third daughter. She was called the little angel of the family. Maria was big, clumsy and loving. If any of the daughters was likely to become a mother, it was Maria. She had a big heart and dreamed of one day marrying a soldier and raising a big family. However, she too had a bit of a temper, but it only rarely showed.

ANASTASIA (Resurrection) : Anastasia was the fourth and final daughter. She was rambunctious, mischievous and humorous. Anastasia was the tomboy of the family. She was always full of energy. She was often called a devil for the mean pranks she pulled on the palace staff. However she was also very charming and funny. She was a talented actress and loved to perform for the family. Her father in particular adored her fiery spirit. She was very brave, if not a bit foolish. Even when imprisoned by the Bolsheviks, she would sometimes stick her tongue out at them when they weren't looking.

anna anderson was thought to be real but its actually fake, on the internet theres many reasons that prove it and there is no way she could of escape the guards checked to make sure they were dead and there were Guards all over theres no possibilities of survival

They were assassinated in the early hours of July 17th, 1918. They were lead into the basement of the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia and shot to death.

AGES AT THE TIME OF DEATH:

NICHOAS II - 50 years old

ALEXANDRA - 46 years old

OLGA - 22 years old

TATIANA - 21 years old

MARIA - 19 years old

ANASTASIA - 17 years old

ALEXEI - 13 years old (with a birthday only a few weeks away)

It was found in either 1991 or 2008. The mass grave, found in 1991 held the bodies of the tsar, his wife, three of their daughters(Olga, Tatiana, Maria or Anastasia) and three retainers. In the other grave, two charred children were dug up. The bodies of Alexei and of his sister, widely thought to be Maria or Anastasia were found. The only daughter scientists have ever identified with any certainty is Olga because of the prominent forehead.

The Romanovs, who ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917, significantly transformed the country through their centralization of power and efforts to modernize the economy and military. Under Peter the Great, they adopted Western technologies and governance models, leading to a more modern state and increased territorial expansion. The reign of Catherine the Great further promoted cultural development and territorial growth, but also highlighted social inequalities. Ultimately, their failure to address growing discontent and revolutionary sentiments contributed to the fall of the dynasty and the rise of Bolshevism.

The official titles of the Romanov family are as follows (Sainthood not included):

His Imperial Highness, Tsar Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov II of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and titular King of Poland

Her Imperial Highness, the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova of Hesse and by Rhine

Her Imperial Highness, the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia

Her Imperial Highness, the Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia

Her Imperial Highness, the Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia

Her Imperial Highness, the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia

His Imperial Highness, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov of Russia, Heir Apparent to the Russian Empire

These are their full extended titles, with Nicholas and Alexei, it's just as proper to cut it off at the "of Russia" part. I included the Imperial Highness because it is a proper title for Russian royalty.

The Romanovs were executed in the basement of the Ipatiev House or "House of Special Purpose" in Yekaterinburg, a small mining town that lay in the shadows of the Ural Mountains. The house was later demolished out of fear of turning into a tourist attraction, and a church commemorating the royal family was later built on the site, where their bodies were finally laid to rest 80 years later.

That was & is the name of three Russian prince's. They lived from 1902-1978, 1938-1999, & one is still alive who was born in 1985.

There were several but her French instructor was Pierre Gilliard ( not Galliard who was a Panama Canal engineer!) M Gilliard, the court interpreter and French instructor, well probably knew Anastasia better than anybody outside the Imperial Family who did survive the upheavals of the Revolution, massacres, etc. Somewhat oddly, he took ( Action evasive) at the various inquests and trials that aimed at establishing whether Stacy was for real or an imposter. Byt he way, he was a Swiss, not Parisien national.

The two most important where the revolution in 1907 after the Russian Japanese war and the revolution of 1917 which finally brought down the dynasty

Grand Duchess Anastasia was murdered with her family in her own house.

Seeking Anastasia is a romantic notion that takes some of the harshness from the reality of the true story. For the better part of the twentieth century following the Russian Revolution, life in Russia, the Soviet Union and the better part of Europe between WWI and WWII and immediately following were difficult and uncertain socially and economically. Until the use of DNA for positive identification came into use, there was no real harm in the fantasy that Anastasia be could found alive.

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On July 17, 1918, the Romanovs were lead to the basement of the Ipatiev House, a mansion in Ekaterinburg, Russia where they were held as prisoners. Bolshevik soldiers under the command of Yakov Yurovsky, were their prison guards. The Bolsheviks worked for the new Communist government that had been established after Nicholas was forced into advocating the throne. They were lead downstairs under the notion that fighting had broken out in the city and they were being taken to the basement to wait for a truck to take them to safety. The family was told to pose for a picture before they left and Yurovsky, a photographer before joining the Bolshevik army, moved them into place. Forty minutes later, a truck could be heard outside, but it wasn't meant to take them to safety, but rather to carry away their dead bodies. Yurovsky read aloud the death sentence, and fired point blank into the Tsar's chest three times. The rest of the firing was random and sloppily done. Slowly, the prisoners began to die, however, the four daughters were proving hard to kill. It turned out that they had sewn the family jewels into their blouses and they acted as bullet proof vests. The girls were eventually stabbed to death or struck in the heads. However, it was believed that one of them only pretended to be dead. The youngest daughter, Anastasia. She managed to escape through the assistance of a friendly guard, possibly Anatoly Yakimov. You won't find a lot about him, but he seems to be possibly the only guard that did not hate the Romanovs. However, that is only a hunch. All that is known is that she supposedly escaped through the help of a sympathetic guard. She made her way to Germany and undertook the name Anna Anderson. She was eventually put in a mental hospital after trying to kill herself, and later came out to the press that she was Anastasia Romanov. There was a lot of conflict over who she really was. Some said she was the real deal, others called her an imposter. Her story became the basis of many books and movies, and shined a lot of light on the Romanov family. When the bodies of the family were found after the fall of the Soviet Union, Anastasia's body was nowhere to be found, and the world turned to Anna Anderson's story once again. Sadly, this story is a fake. The real Anastasia died alongside her family. Her body was found a few years later and was eventually laid to rest alongside the rest of her family and declared a Saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. Her body is laid to rest at the Church of All Saints, built on the site where the Ipatiev House used to stand.