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Remains of the Romanovs?
Aug. 24th, 2007 03:29 pmI hardly ever post news articles on my blog, but this is something that I've always been interested in ever since I got into Russian history (because of The Russians book series) and so this story just completely fascinates me. If what this article suggests is true, then the whole conspiracy theory about Anastasia surviving the massacre has been debunked. Romantic, to be sure, but was it really probable?
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Probe reopened into death of last Russian czar
Remains of heir to throne possibly found; Bolsheviks executed family in '18
MOSCOW - Prosecutors said Friday they have reopened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family nearly 90 years ago after an archaeologist said the remains of Nicholas II’s son and heir to the throne may have finally been found.
The announcement of the reopened investigation, while a routine matter, signaled that the government may be taking seriously the claims that were announced Thursday by Yekaterinburg researcher Sergei Pogorelov.
In comments broadcast on NTV, Pogorelov said bones found in a burned area of ground near Yekaterinburg belong to a boy and a young woman roughly the ages of Nicholas’ 13-year-old hemophiliac son, Alexei, and a daughter whose remains also never have been found.
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Probe reopened into death of last Russian czar
Remains of heir to throne possibly found; Bolsheviks executed family in '18
MOSCOW - Prosecutors said Friday they have reopened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the last Russian czar and his family nearly 90 years ago after an archaeologist said the remains of Nicholas II’s son and heir to the throne may have finally been found.
The announcement of the reopened investigation, while a routine matter, signaled that the government may be taking seriously the claims that were announced Thursday by Yekaterinburg researcher Sergei Pogorelov.
In comments broadcast on NTV, Pogorelov said bones found in a burned area of ground near Yekaterinburg belong to a boy and a young woman roughly the ages of Nicholas’ 13-year-old hemophiliac son, Alexei, and a daughter whose remains also never have been found.
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