Anastasia Romanov
Investigate the various perspectives on the disappearance of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna
One of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century was that of the disappearance and fate of the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna. Many people have stated that there is not a chance that Anastasia could have survived the execution of her family. Other people have speculated that she did survive with many imposters claiming that they were Anastasia for reasons most likely with the hope of retrieving the substantial fortune left by the Romanov family. One of the most infamous claims was made by Anna Anderson who fought for recognition for many years but was unsuccessful. With the discovery of human bones found near the burial site of the Royal family in 2007, the world was told that they did belong to the two missing children Alexei and Anastasia with the support of DNA testing.1 However many scientists and historians dismiss these claims due to the unreliability of the results.
In the early hours of July 17th 1918, shots rang out as Yakov Yurovsky, a member of the Bolshevik party ordered his men to fire at the Imperial family who had been held under house arrest at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg. It was feared that Russian forces were on their way to rescue the Tsar and his family and so the decision was made to execute the Tsar, his wife and five children as well as four loyal attendants. As recounted by former Ipatiev House guards, the imperial family had been killed, but to add to the mystery only one out of the four men who gave statements claimed to have actually seen the bodies. The question that historians and scientists are unable to determine is whether anyone could have survived the murder. Accounts of that night are confusing and inaccurate with many cover-ups made by the Russian government. Days after the murder, newspapers reported that the Tsar was the only member of the imperial
One of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century was that of the disappearance and fate of the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna. Many people have stated that there is not a chance that Anastasia could have survived the execution of her family. Other people have speculated that she did survive with many imposters claiming that they were Anastasia for reasons most likely with the hope of retrieving the substantial fortune left by the Romanov family. One of the most infamous claims was made by Anna Anderson who fought for recognition for many years but was unsuccessful. With the discovery of human bones found near the burial site of the Royal family in 2007, the world was told that they did belong to the two missing children Alexei and Anastasia with the support of DNA testing.1 However many scientists and historians dismiss these claims due to the unreliability of the results.
In the early hours of July 17th 1918, shots rang out as Yakov Yurovsky, a member of the Bolshevik party ordered his men to fire at the Imperial family who had been held under house arrest at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg. It was feared that Russian forces were on their way to rescue the Tsar and his family and so the decision was made to execute the Tsar, his wife and five children as well as four loyal attendants. As recounted by former Ipatiev House guards, the imperial family had been killed, but to add to the mystery only one out of the four men who gave statements claimed to have actually seen the bodies. The question that historians and scientists are unable to determine is whether anyone could have survived the murder. Accounts of that night are confusing and inaccurate with many cover-ups made by the Russian government. Days after the murder, newspapers reported that the Tsar was the only member of the imperial