The Romanov Family
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- Created on: 21-01-19 17:01
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- The Royal Russian Family
- Nicholas & Alexandria
- 20 April 1894 Tsar Nicholas proposed to Princess Alexandria of Hesse. Letters document love "Niki" and "Alix"
- First 2 daughters- "Big Pair" Olga and Tatiana, "Little Pair" Maria and Anastasia, then heir to throne Alexei
- People saw her as a cold, unhappy German Princess
- Abdication- March 1917
- Alexei
- Diagnosed with Hemophilia (blood does not clot)- untreatable and fatal
- Rasputin (mystic) helped Alexei when bleeding
- Rasputin
- Tsarina thought only he could cure Alexei (doctors could do nothing)
- Claimed that the dynasty of Tsrevich and Romanov were linked to him and could not be undone
- Russian officials made the call- poisoned wine and tea, shot twice- bound body and threw it into Neva River (only died then)
- Tsarina asked advice on domestic policy (Tsar leading troops)
- Final Days + Execution
- Vladimir Lenin and Bolsheviks controlled revolution and wanted to govern country
- Family under house arrest by Bolsheviks. Many believed Tsar still ruler- became problem for Lenin
- 17 July- Family warned of trouble safer in basement (doctor + 3 servants). Shot by 12 Red Army Members
- Legend: Princesses wore bayonets (stuffed with jewels)-deflected bullets
- Yurovsky (carried out execution) bodies were soaked in acid, burned and thrown down mine shaft
- After Death
- Morning after execution bodies retrieved and buried at another location (fear of being found). Vehicle broke down-buried in pit along cart track
- 1979 grave discovered, authenticity of remains questioned (9 bodies found) 2 others incinerated and not taken from mineshaft. 1995 Soviet Union fell examination and exhumed of bodies were agreed to
- Authenticate- Fingerprints, Dental Records, Physical Inspection (bayonet stabs, defeat, bullet wounds) Evidence on bodies matched with reports of execution
- Nuclear DNA fingerprinting- 3 were young daughters of adult male- not enough DNA to complete examination
- Mitochondrial DNA Analysis- Taken from living relatives and deceased to prove remains belonged to Tsar and his family
- Nuclear DNA fingerprinting- 3 were young daughters of adult male- not enough DNA to complete examination
- Nine skeletons were reconstructed from 700 fragments of bone matched ages and genders of the executed
- Anna Anderson said she was missing Anastasia until death 1984. Tissue sample tested from earlier procedure 1994. This showed she belonged to middle class Poland family
- Nicholas & Alexandria
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