Royal Runaway? Ultimate Fate of Duchess Anastasia REVEALED | History's Greatest Mysteries: Solved

Following the execution of the Russian Tsar and his family in 1918, persistent rumors circulated of his youngest daughter Anastasia's possible escape. Over 100 years later, cutting edge technology finally provides a definitive answer to Anastasia's fate, in this episode of History's Greatest Mysteries: Solved. #HistorysGreatestMysteriesSolved
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[@castlenovelist97BOOKS]

Anastasia was too young to have died the way she did. Killing anyone but especially children is beyond redemption. No matter the reasons they had at the time.

[@rdevil5330]

The Tsar killed way more

[@Elly3981]

@@rdevil5330 No matter what the Tsar did, his children were innocent and didn't deserve to die the way they did.

[@rdevil5330]

@@Elly3981 Anastasia was 17, I'm 13 rn, so idk

[@Elly3981]

@Sweet Love Probably because he didn't realize how bad the revolution would get or didn't think he and his family would actually be killed over it.

[@pentagram4745]

It was more of convenience than anything else. They are afraid that loyalists will take opportunity to revive the royalty.

[@TracieSmithpomeranian]

It would have been nice for one of his descends to survive. However, there is no way the Bolsheviks could risk one if the Tsars descends to survive to reclaim the throne.

[@NadiaGirl1]

But they didn’t deserve to be killed

[@HarryB-lb1fb]

There are plenty. Maria had two daughters, Alexei two sons. They are alive.

[@Vardalon]

@@HarryB-lb1fb No, Alexie was only thirteen. Somebody claimed to Maria's grandson later, but that was also disproven.

[@Vardalon]

@@HarryB-lb1fb Grand Duchess Xenia, the sister of Czar Nicholas, has descendants who are alive today.

[@HarryB-lb1fb]

@@VardalonNo. None of what you learned is true! I am his biographer!

[@weltschmertzz]

Since I was a child, I've been enamoured with Anastasia and wanted to name my future kid Anastasia. Then 50 shades of Grey happened.

[@christinegiovannelli]

Lmao!

[@davewilson7910]

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[@davewilson7910]

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[@connectingdots3574]

My future kids name was gonna be Bastion. Can anyone name from what movie?

[@jessicaatkins3173]

😂

[@MrBlair-ft2li]

Man's inhumanity to man through the ages is just sickening. What beautiful children. To die by gun fire and stabbing. Tragic.

[@Iamrightyouarewrong]

Stabbing?

[@alfredoperez202]

It’s soooooooo sad 😞

[@rottdogg8926]

An all to common story whenever socialists take power.

[@xiii8972]

@@Iamrightyouarewrong 6:00

[@okJack-lg3qo]

@@Iamrightyouarewrong Did you pay any attention on what they were saying.

[@brandonshebester9574]

Finally. A show claiming a final answer has one, instead of more questions

[@sarahg.2772]

Yeah I'm in total agreement with you about that. Nothing more frustrating than by wrongly being led to believe that they are answers to these long held mysteries just to be given even more mysteries to unravel.

[@wabbagaming2184]

@tonmy cas tl:dr save those comments for a buzzfeed video, dont be stupid, stupid. The word history is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *wid-tor-, from the root *weid-, "to know, to see". The Ancient Greek word ἱστορία, istoría, means "knowledge acquired by investigation, inquiry". This is the sense in which it is used by Aristotle in his Περί Τά Ζωα Ιστορία, Peri Ta Zoa Istória or, in Latinized form, Historia Animalium.[1] The term is derived from ἵστωρ, hístōr meaning wise man, witness, or judge. We can see early attestations of ἵστωρ in Homeric hymns, Heraclitus, the Athenian ephebes' oath, and in Boiotic inscriptions (in a legal sense, either "judge" or "witness," or similar). The spirant is problematic, and not present in cognate Greek eídomai ("to appear"). The form historeîn, "to inquire", is an Ionic derivation, which spread first in Classical Greece and ultimately over all of Hellenistic civilization. mystery is from Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “I initiate”), from μύω (múō, “I shut”). dont be stupid, stupid

[@juls41056]

@@wabbagaming2184 was all of that really necessary, stupid?

[@juls41056]

I just thought most ppl knew that this had been solved but to your point I definitely agree. It's annoying af.

[@HarryB-lb1fb]

All lies! None were murdered! Germany rescued all of them during the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. Lenin let them go. They continue to churn the propaganda for the magpies to swallow. Anna Anderson (aka Anastasia Tchaikovsky) was the Grand Duchess, she violated the secret and told who she was.

[@spiderxand]

Despite the mounting evidence, I still want to believe Anastasia survived.

[@wakboy7499]

I too wanted to believe that.. however, unfortunately.. DNA doesn't lie.. the other grave hold the remains of the two Romanovs.🙁

[@spiderxand]

@@wakboy7499 I mean no offense to Russians in general, but historically speaking, they're not very forthcoming with the truth. The government has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

[@spiderxand]

@HBB Instincts & experience lead me to believe that Miss Anderson was not Anastasia. When I first found out? The news broke my heart. And who knows? Maybe Anna really did believe she was Anastasia? She convinced herself she was the Grand Duchess?

[@Farmersforever1993]

DNA only can prove so much meaning that they can say it iis her DNA but it in truth it could be that of her siblings still. We will never really know, no matter how much science is used bc her siblings all shared the same DNA. It will still take years and years of technology to even separate the siblings DNA after being buried for so long. Rumors are sometimes truths and vice versa. If she did survive why would she even come forward knowing her life is in danger and let alone that of her family’s life now. We will never really know. It’s a mystery and humanity likes to say they know everything even things that are straight forward in their eyes they like to say this happened bc of this. In truth we will never really know bc to much is missing.

[@wakboy7499]

@@spiderxand yes agreed.. but just imagine how fantastic for Russian PR if they actually have evidence of the remaining Romanov? I believe they would jump at the opportunity if it could be proven..

[@annoula160691]

such a tragic story. imagine a whole family, kids being shot and then stabbed to death. humans are evil...

[@dragoncrown2029]

The men that murdered the Romanovs were the Bolshevik communists. The Bolsheviks murdered over 100 000 people in the first 5 years of their rule in Russia. The murder of the Romanovs was nothing out of the ordinary for the Bolsheviks...they were doing mass murder and genocide at that time period (search up the cossack genocide if you want to learn more about the shocking evil of the Bolshevik communists)

[@freshvision73]

Reds are evil

[@dramakween6670]

@Sayak Ray thanks for saying that

[@jamesthedragon]

@@dragoncrown2029 communist scum, all of them.

[@Kaiserin]

@@dragoncrown2029 Exactly, but people still want to glorify them.

[@bradenmunsamy1607]

Man I was actually hoping for a better ending

[@wenthulk8439]

Sadly it was very unlikely that she could have survived.

[@Brett33]

So was she.

[@autumnrryan8453]

I’m sure she was too.

[@Tawroset]

Aren't we all. :-(

[@MURKGOAT860]

I wanted to be her. I was downed when it was false

[@joeva2127]

Sad ending. But great story.

[@Krypton853]

When I was a kid I watch the animated Disney version of this story. Now that I know true history of Anastasia I feel sad and heart broken of what happened to her and her family. What was going through that last moment with her must have been horrific. Now the country that murdered her and her family made them a martyr.

[@hzlkelly]

Wasnt Disney

[@KyleEvra]

It's not Disney! It's Don Bluth animation!

[@amandalynn4979]

It was 20th Fox Animation, love. Not Disney. Though that can be up for debate now that Disney owns a part of Fox.

[@laralilyLaraMaljevac]

@@amandalynn4979 yeah Disney just buys everything now days lol .

[@NoriMori1992]

Anastasia isn't a Disney movie.

[@a.walters123]

I really wish that the rumor was true. The fact that those innocent children unnecessarily died is such a tragedy.

[@tamarakoorengevel2852]

My mother told me a story when I was 12 years old that my grandmother was a cousin to the Tzars my grandmother was 15 at the time and her family had to split the children up and send them away to protect them from being killed. My grandmother had to marry very young her name had to be changed to protect her. That’s all I know. How awful what happened to the royal family I hope they Rest In Peace. ♥️

[@whitewolfaudios]

That's really interesting. 🤔

[@sitinurbaya3552]

Why nicholas tzar did not want to live in other country after he abdicated the throne?

[@elisaidir2837]

@@sitinurbaya3552 they did try to reach out to relatives like King George V (Nicholas was one of his first cousins) but he refused to help him, fearing what it might do to his monarchy considering the Tsar's reputation as "Bloody Nicholas" referring to his extreme repression of the people of Russia at the very early stages of what would later become the Bolshevik revolution.

[@katedaniels1179]

@@elisaidir2837 And Alexandra was Queen Victoria's granddaughter. So also a cousin of George V.

[@claar9097]

yes because a russian romanov descendent would definitely know how to spell tsar

[@kontrolledkhaos4853]

She died but the other lady used that story to survive

[@78sabertooth]

well I have the same thought as yours. I am thinking that no one can survive on that bloody night.

[@_cosmic_tentacle_salad_6342]

If you’re referring to Anna Anderson, then no she did not. She used that name to exploit everyone. Either that or she was just insane

[@lalalalalalwlla]

@@cherrylanford188 All jewels from clothes were taken, but that is not the reason why they were buried separately.

[@imani.daniece]

both. I've done a lot of research and anderson's niece said that her aunt wanted to be famous and she was@@_cosmic_tentacle_salad_6342

[@unitedweareinvincible8336]

As a millennial I grew up with the intrigued of this story, is too sad to think that Anastasia died, I wanted to believe that she escaped and just live a happy and an incognito life... She didn't deserve to suffer for the negligence of her father.

[@williamwells8672]

I just wonder why the two were buried outside the mine and not inside with the rest of the family? Did they survive and were caught trying to escape?

[@n1ght_ch3f84]

Exactly!! Or maybe died from their wounds? Or what if they actually survived but decided to be buried there years later

[@billrobbins5874]

Maybe they discovered the jewels and got angry. Murder frenzy?

[@joyholmes254]

I remember reading that those tasked with burying the bodies got impatient with how slow the acid was taking and just decided to dispose of the last two without putting them with the rest so they could leave. This is, of course, speculation because no one really knows.

[@tweesii]

Or maybe they actually escaped, and when the Bolsheviks realised it was too late. So they killed two other civilians instead, burying them elsewhere so if someone ever found them. It's actually my wide imagination, but since the Russian Church is still refusing to bury the latter two corpse with the rest of the family, this may mean there is something wrong, something that is indeed wanted to be hidden and not to be exposed to the real world..

[@78sabertooth]

that's really a good question and now you're making me wondering why

[@anastazja692]

my name is Anastasia. my grandma wanted to name me that. I've always been really into these stories haha I love hearing all the theories and then the real story of course.

[@withoutme-qj5yi]

my name anastasia to and im proud of me

[@ChrisM11]

I wonder why they were buried somewhere else and not with the family. That would be interesting

[@franhaferkamp194]

I have read the killers thought it "would confuse searchers". This was long before DNA extraction, of course.

[@honeygirlzlinus_hng]

I saw an documentary that said prince and a princess actually still faintly alive in truck while the rest confirmed dead. the killer purposely burried & burn them alive away just to give faint hope tsar still there. I guess myth surviving come from the killer mouths to the public.

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@honeygirlzlinus_hng Alexei was never vaguely alive. The daughter who was alive while being placed in the truck was likely Maria. They intended to separate Alexei and his mother to confuse searchers. Years later Yurovsky said he mistakenly buried Alexei and the family maid Anna Demidova with each other. Then he said Alexei was buried alone.

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@honeygirlzlinus_hng Nobody was burned alive

[@christinahuie7063]

I don't think you have the ability to charm and persuade when you've been shot and half beaten to death.

[@KHI111]

U can if u can persuade

[@strawrerry08]

While it is true that now most historians consider that the whole family was murdered on that night, there is also another interesting 'theory' that Anastasia and her brother actually managed to escape. It is thought, according to this theory, that they were swapped with doubles and after bordering the last ship from Odessa and many struggles along the way, they arrived in Bulgaria and lived the rest of their lives in a small village called Gabarevo under the guise of Eleonora Kruger and Georgi Judin/ Zhudin. What makes this theory more interesting than the others is the fact that neither of these two individuals ever expressed any claim whatsoever to be the royal children. Instead, due to the intriguing and mysterious circumstances around their arrival and carefully guarded past, it was the villagers who suspected that these two people could have been part of the Russian royal family. Although it might not be true, it is an interesting theory which deserves to atleast be looked at. :)

[@ravnen25]

All members of the family has been found. The last two were found in 2007 in a small grave some 70 feet from the other. None of the Romanovs survived the slaughter at the Iptiev house 😢

[@kassadymaree7827]

look up the case files your prob a kid.......

[@kassadymaree7827]

false facts might as well be listening to Yurosvsky.

[@strawrerry08]

@@kassadymaree7827 I never said it is "facts". It is just a theory. And every theory, no matter how farfetched, deserves to be looked at. Also, thanks for your kind advice, but I have been looking at the facts for a couple of decades now. Either way, you have a good day :)

[@leazorec1981]

I read that Anastasia should be a Grandma from Melania Trump. Than can be this theory possible.?!

[@kennethnyhus1337]

That's sad 😢

[@derekosoriomartinez5974]

Why, why as humans do this to eachother? We are afraid of monsters, but we don’t realize that we ourselves, are the monsters

[@Anon00113]

It’s the men’s egos and patriarchy

[@p3arlxyz_]

​@@Anon00113fr

[@lillians1727]

I just watched the animated movie and wanted to know what actually happened. This video actually helped!!

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

RIP Romanov Family

[@dantebentura4174]

@Kieran Callahan we get it!!!

[@ajph5088]

The children RIP but not Nicholas

[@dragoncrown2029]

@@ajph5088 Nicholas did some crimes..he wasn't the greatest man...but the men that murdered him, Lenin and his Bolshevik killers were much MUCH worse than Nicholas ever was. The Bolsheviks used terror and mass murder as a weapon in order for them to scare the Russian people into submission to Bolshevik communist rule.

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Love watching documentaries like this.

[@bfgolf]

Most historical mysteries end up with the resolution that is the least romanticized.

[@dragoncrown2029]

11 leftist men (Bolsheviks) received orders from their leadet (Lenin) that the Romanovs were to be murdered. So the 11 Bolshevik soldiers acted on the order and murdered the Romanov family in the basement of the house they'd been keeping the Romanovs under house arrest. The Bolsheviks were power hungry communist rats....they'd murder women and children to secure their power in Russia, they were savages...nothing more nothing less. R.I.P to the Romanov family

[@greysky3058]

A very interesting video that explains in detail what really happened to Anastasia.

[@Ebmsav]

Hey didn't they make a movie about this? Also I love how he adds the occasional stock video, it kinda takes the seriousness away. Good video either way.

[@m0t0b33]

I love that the narration is done by none other than "Dr. Ray Langston" from CSI...

[@bhn028]

Thank you!

[@lyndaoneill7813]

Over the years there have been so many theories and stories about the Romanovs.I always believed the whole family had been slaughtered on the terrible day.Could not see why they would have let 1 or 2 children escape,someone would have spoken out over the years.Sad ending to so many lives but he was a harsh man.

[@alliouaganaexpressnews6364]

Why do they keep referring to her as the last of the Romanovs when she had a younger brother? Wouldn't that make Alex the last?

[@elenaandres6178]

Well I think they mean the last alive

[@charlottelouise1409]

Maybe they mean as in the last of the Romonovs remains to be found?

[@Y3s_]

Or maybe the last daughter as she was the youngest ?

[@kisangwalkr9492]

I can't believe I learnt but this in history but never ever connected it to the story of Anastasia

[@Justanotherfuckingobserver]

My daughter loves this story, one of her favorite movies❤️

[@spiderxand]

I love the animated film. I have my own copy on DVD.

[@Justanotherfuckingobserver]

@@spiderxand Yes!! Can you believe I didn't know anything about it until she got that movie 😮♥️

[@Justanotherfuckingobserver]

My favorite part is when the grandma realizes it's her, I'm crying right now!

[@spiderxand]

@@Justanotherfuckingobserver I can.

[@artsyblkkid]

@Theodore Macewko is this true

[@kaylynyanet1988]

So sad and scary

[@dorothyp7385]

All three brothers died before they were able to enjoy their middle age. Tsar Nicholai, his brother George and another brother Grand Duke Michael who was killed during the revolt. Their sisters Grand Duchesses Olga and Xenia passed away in Canada and the United Kingdom . Would be helpful to watch other documentaries such as The Romanov Royal Martyrs. There is a series of videos on KZbin.

[@pineapplepizzadoomer2944]

Laurence Fishburne is the best Narrator ever

[@taniaramaki5142]

Very interestimg thanks.

[@justinramirez0122]

So cool 😎

[@marielnocete7466]

Anastasia means Resurrection and Athanasia means Immortality/Eternal life. Love these names!

[@ashiz2ashiz]

This makes me so sad

[@Vardalon]

I think there may have been some extended family members, outside of the immediate family of the czar, who survived, but I guess the Bolsheviks didn't think there was any serious possibility of any of them coming to the throne.

[@thunderbird1921]

What's fascinating is that not only do the Romanovs survive as an extended family, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has apparently designated one of them, Maria, as the first in line to the throne should Russia ever bring back the monarchy in a constitutional form. Over 25% of the people polled I think said they would right now vote to bring it back, with a significant percentage more saying they wouldn't entirely rule out supporting such a move in the future.

[@gustavofring5674]

@@thunderbird1921as an American I do support the notion of having the Romanov’s return as a constitutional monarchy once putin’s government is overthrown.

[@frankparrish5657]

I always hoped it was an escape but knowing is great!

[@autumnrryan8453]

RIP Romanovs.

[@adityamondal1997.]

RIP Romanov Family 🙏😢

[@thunderbird1921]

Get this: some of the extended Romanov family are actually still alive! The Russian Orthodox Church leader has even designated one of them as the first in line to the throne if Russia ever restores the monarchy (in a Constitutional form of course).

[@morganophelia5963]

@@thunderbird1921 how do you know??

[@anerdwithglasses7429]

@@thunderbird1921 but the russians won't ever give back the throne and the descendents have to stay in England because if they ever leave someone's bound to try and kill them.

[@Rob_GUERRERO]

Just the kids

[@rhaneeffect]

im still intrigued with the Russian royals, had fun watching your video thanks for sharing

[@sansvlogschannel4629]

Best royal history upto today!!!!

[@JoeyXSmith]

Spoiler: Imposter wasn't her. Dna test found that out and Anastasia died with her family.

[@donhatter159]

Tragic End of the romanovs family

[@goyod6]

I already knew this, yet it still shocks me to hear it!

[@jordangirbaud9682]

Sad thing is, those girls didn't even care about the throne, all they wanted a normal life, normal friends, and normal jobs like they did help the wounded so hard in the hospital.

[@mrsdixon3524]

Poor kids......

[@marloharvey2090]

This story so deep

[@DDay-vv9ec]

Sad history..

[@emilygilliatt7180]

2:59 is Olga Nikolaevna, Anastasia's oldest sister. At 3:45, it says Rasputin was killed in 1917. He was killed in 1916.

[@cruiserandtraveller]

yes, if you want the whole story watch the movie The Romanovs: A crowned family.

[@beatrizc.martin7706]

Exacto! Otro error mas

[@holdencross5904]

Sure Nicholas was an awful Tsar but it doesn’t justify the murder of his children and wife.

[@lalalalalalwlla]

And servants

[@Elly3981]

Unfortunately, Tsar Nicholas did contribute to the downfall of his own family through his indifference to the suffering of his people.

[@holdencross5904]

@@Elly3981 that’s not my point. My point is that it doesn’t justify the murder of his innocent children. They are CHILDREN!

[@Elly3981]

@@holdencross5904 Literally nobody says his wife and children deserved to die but it wouldn't have happened if the Tsar showed at least some concern for his people which he didn't.

[@holdencross5904]

@@Elly3981 the way you’ve put it makes it sound like you believe there was some justification. My apologies

[@bradmoyse6162]

That isn’t Alexandra Feodorovna in the drawing.That is Alexandra Feodrovona “Charlotte” of Prussia. Great research!!! LOL

[@larainethorpe2847]

True or myth. It doesn't matter to me it's just a great story.

[@xoxnanxoxful]

Interesting

[@catebar9204]

So much History has been covered up; can we truly believe the fate of Anastasia in particular, especially since the speculation occurred? A great fortune awaited the heir to the Romanovs and there would be those evil minions who would prevent the likelihood of a survivor. Was the DNA test legitimate? Was the discovery of Anastasia and her brother really true or created to close the book of possibilities? Will we ever know?

[@isabellaferrari4511]

Please please put an closed captioned on it so, I can able to understand what you’re saying? Thank you very much dear!! 🙏🏽💕

[@gglarke7709]

Right? I know!

[@isabellaferrari4511]

💖💕

[@brendenanderson3214]

It's nice but sad to have closure.

[@kristiemccleary8271]

So much Sorrow It's so sad 😭

[@aileensmith6806]

So why did they bury 2 of the kids away from the rest of the family?

[@shirleybalinski4535]

There weren't really 2 "bodies". There were a hand full, maybe 40 small, burnt, smashed pieces found in second grave. This grave was maybe 200' from the larger grave.

[@cc2016]

I wish they all still alive

[@Arthur01694]

so i was watching this Anastasia cartoon movie and after a few hours I'm here :D

[@donhatter159]

Sad

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Rip to this fam

[@rondajones1864]

we miss U Anastasia

[@teedepefanio5687]

That dude actually said "peaceful protest"... the Bolshevic Revolution wouldn't have been successful, were it peaceful...

[@kerricorser4562]

Bummer

[@Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhg]

Her and Maria initially survived the gunfire in the basement. When they were being transported Anastasia and Maria awoke and began screaming. They were beating to death with guns and bayonets

[@morganophelia5963]

They were gorgeous 💕 poor girls.

[@loveclose]

They were murdered, plain and simple, in the most brutal manner. The word 'execution' is inappropriate. They were murdered.

[@olivegodwin9845]

Wow… that’s sad.

[@Whatinthefdoyouwant]

You mean to tell me 300 hundred year's behind the throne no wonder why!? Everyone was looking for her.

[@kiarathomas3274]

Well whoever did it you'll have to face judgement when you see Jesus

[@rdevil5330]

@Ellie5621 they didn't and it was good, the Tsar sucked

[@lilukorbin2917]

@@rdevil5330 what the bolsheviks/communists did led to the deaths of millions. What they did was not good. murdering a whole family, women and children, for political power. It is disgusting and evil. You have a very skewed perspective, must be leftist trash.

[@janedoe3648]

Amen

[@savitar4900]

Your amazing

[@karunakarm3]

You are amazing.

[@savitar4900]

@@karunakarm3 thank you😂

[@eperon]

Old news. Her bones were identified years ago, with the rest of her family.

[@danielkershner3269]

Some people like myself didn't know so why I don't want to hear it

[@eperon]

@@danielkershner3269 You’re absolutely right, Daniel. I forget that I’ve been following the Romanov story for many years....

[@danielkershner3269]

@@eperon lol

[@morganophelia5963]

What if it was her but they lied to conceal it 🧐

[@eperon]

@@morganophelia5963 Forensic scientists around the world tested and attested to the fact that the DNA belonged to Anastasia Romanov. That’s good enough for most people.

[@goodvibebabe9477]

Finally

[@darellemartinez893]

This princess have a diary, read it when Im in 8th grade

[@donhatter159]

Cool

[@lalalalalalwlla]

That diary is fiction, Anastasia burned her diaries in 1917.

[@DrLoren668]

Wow

[@jakeroark6718]

She was murdered by the same folks who killed the rest of her family. she didn't escape death because if she would have lived the killers would have themselves been killed for a blunder like that. anything else is just pipe dreams.

[@fatimak1382]

where did the Russian Crown Jewels go??and all the family's Money and property??

[@daphnebrigdetel2348]

The Crown Jewels and all jewels would of been placed in top security but I heard that they where in museums and the money was hidden away

[@BlenderStudy]

May them rest in peace. I don't blame the imposters. If it wasn't for them, the true and tragic story would also have been mentioned much less in history.

[@diemcarpe2709]

It is strange to me that the skeleton in the second grave is incomplete. Oddly, Anna Anderson had the same malformed foot as Anastasia, and she looked so eerily like her. It is strange that she was able to convince even part of her family and close friends. It is strange that she knew about things that an ordinary mortal, especially a Polish worker, would not know. Odd that she had marks on bayonets and bullets. It is strange that one of these criminals until the end of his life claimed that he helped her and she survived. Let's take the times into account. How did the Polish worker end up in the USA without history? It is a conspiracy theory, but it could be that someone would be anxious to convince people that, if the remains are found, that the fourth of his sisters is buried with Alexei

[@anailic3677]

Maybe she was an out of wedlock child of Nicolas, who was given for adoption and then brought back to the court to be close to the family. They did these kind of things .

[@diemcarpe2709]

@@anailic3677 she was seventeen. She couldn't be taken for adoption.

[@andreas-pryce]

Her injuries were partly gained in a factory she worked in when she dropped a grenade and it exploded. Later she was working on a farm and one of the Russian prisoners attacked her giving her more injuries.

[@lalalalalalwlla]

@@anailic3677 It is impossible. Nicholas only had one "girlfriend" before he married and they had no children. She later became lover of his cousins and had child with one of them. When he married Alexandra it was a love marriage and they never cheated on each other (no matter what communist propaganda says). They were madly in love with each other till the day that they died and there is not even a rumor that he looked at another woman, much less had an affair.

[@lilyredhead1398]

Allegedly, DNA has proven that the woman known as Anna Anderson was not HIH Grand Duchess Anastasia, but the Polish factory worker Franziska S. ( don't know how to spell the last name )

[@djeto2525]

They said towards the end of the video that it's impossible to tell if the bones are Anastasia's or one of her sisters, so technically it's still not solved.

[@shawntepitts488]

OH My

[@Biscuits..]

The movie always makes me terribly upset because, at the time, this was a genuine hope. There was a hope that Anastasia had survived the terrible horrors the rest of the family went through. To know that she died in that cellar… sickening.

[@paigesteiner3804]

My question is that if she did survive the murder of her family where’s her bloodline her grandchildren or whatever carries on her family bloodline

[@paigesteiner3804]

@@chantelanderson4226 understandable but I’m just saying if she did survived where’s her bloodline

[@lesalucas229]

I read that Melania Trump is the heiress to the Anastasia Romanov Dynasty. She is said to be Anastasia's grand or great granddaughter. I wonder how Vladimir Putin feels about it.

[@paigesteiner3804]

@@lesalucas229 wow

[@kittyfryhling6281]

I can tell you one thing. Even if their theory of Alexi being alive after the shooting and stabbing of the Romanov's was true, If he has been injured he would've died since he had hemophilia. And Anastasia is still thought to have lived. But if she lived then where are her descendants? And why not return to her home years later to try to restore the Romanov throne for her future children? I truly believe Anastasia did die. Just maybe not in that bunker they were kept in.

[@lalalalalalwlla]

1) If Anastasia had children she would probably not tell them who she is to protect them. Bolshevics would definitely track her down and kill them all if they knew she was still alive. 2) Why not return home and restore the Romanov throne for her children? She wouldn't be able as women couldn't get the throne unless all male dynasts were dead. Her children wouldn't even be in line to the throne if she married morganatically (some who is not royal). Because of those reasons no one would fight for her to get the throne. I believe she died in 1918, if she didn't die in the bunker, she definitely died while they were transported to the forest where they were buried.

[@mikasauchiha6785]

True...Alexei is prone to bleeding. Even the bullets missed his major arteries, he will bleed out badly until he dies... That kind of disease is actually common among males.

[@kittyfryhling6281]

@@mikasauchiha6785 Yes exactly. Though it does make me wonder. Do you think his mother carried the gene or his father? And if Alexi had it.... Do you think the sisters were carriers?

[@sabrinazakrowski1399]

@@kittyfryhling6281 Alexei would've got the gene for hemophilia from his mother. The faulty gene responsible for causing hemophilia is carried on the X chromosome. Alexandra was a carrier, and each of her daughters had a 50/50 chance of also being carriers.

[@pandahead2241]

I wasn't expecting that. I wanted to know how Anastasia escaped, not how she died. And why kill all the kids anyway? I get the only son, and the fact he could retake the throne. But four girls of the same family? They couldn't carry the name if they got married and they were children. I hate when innocent people are treated like that because they're royalty or political or something like that and in actuality they did nothing wrong.

[@kellyolson7083]

It’s simple. They couldn’t risk any of the children surviving and taking back the throne. Sad, the whole family killed. No one knew what happened to any of them for decades. There was no happily ever after for the Romanov family. No Disney happy ending for Anastasia surviving and reuniting with her grandmother or other relatives. They were all murdered together that night.

[@jamiemohan2049]

The girls were actually part of the succession just after every Male had died. Lenin wanted no claimants .....he succeeded wiping out 19 Romanovs and attempted to kill the rest.

[@mikasauchiha6785]

No matter what, killing of innocent people is really bad. Those people who shot them brutally had no moral compass for sure... They don't mind if the victims are unarmed or not. Tsar Nicholas might be a irresponsible, indifferent and an awful leader. And I don't like him for that reason. But it cannot be justified. Why didn't they just dethrown the whole royal family instead? Or just force them to work on the farm to serve the hungry people...That is much better that killing unarmed people. Especially Alexei...He had hemophillia and they still killed him brutally... Though even he suvived the shooting, it's the same. He will lost lots of blood. 😢

[@donhatter159]

Poor Romanovs Family

[@sunshinehoward9649]

Nobody escaped Sadly. Nikolas cousin was told of the loss and she mourned for over 3 weeks. Nobody survived. One can hope but no. Go to The Romanov Royal Martyrs if you are interested. They did a really good job and beautiful colored pictures. Absolutely beautiful family. When Lenin went scorched earth he could not allow anyone to survive, him, Stalin, or Trotsky. Why? this is very important, because of lies. If anyone were to live, the truth about these 3 would come out.

[@kevinhoward9593]

The problem Russia has was the Tsar and his family were living lavishly while most Russians were starving. I think King George V was related to Nicholas.

[@lalalalalalwlla]

Nicholas and George V were related as their mothers were sisters.

[@Kaiserin]

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany was also related.

[@RKY99966]

Woah

[@user-jw3zz4sm9w]

Eternal Memory !!! ☦️🙏🏻🙏🏻♥️👑

[@eltoneagle8136]

Good to see the great Lawrence Fishbourne 👍

[@dianaspencen]

Mans got my hopes up

[@marybailey-gates3116]

I once looked up how many known people shared my birthday with me and Anastasia was on that list as well as Beatle Paul Mccartney.

[@Mooksz]

something tells me those two survived the initial shooting and maybe the guards were going to help them, but in fear of being killed themselves they finished the job and buried those two later elsewhere because of the difference in injuries/cause of death possibly being discovered.

[@pixiepalasmr6881]

I feel like that makes the most sense, as to why there has been so much talk about her being alive.

[@lolscape6988]

Infact there are claims that she did survive the first shooting…. She woke up and made a large scream and ran to the gate to the basement and shortly after being shot by a gaurd.

[@emilsanoemivelasquezruano2209]

Donde miro este documental en español?