The VERY Messed Up Origins of Anastasia | Disney Explained - Jon Solo

We've all seen the animated Anastasia movie... but how many of you know the truly tragic story that was the REAL Anastasia's life?
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• Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs by Colin Wilson
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[@JonSolo]

FIRST! I WIN! MUAHAHA >:D ...... okay now that that's outta the way: thanks for watching everyone! CORRECTION: I had a case of "dumb brain" and said that Rasputin was from Serbia when I meant Siberia. That's my bad :\

[@iwannabeacowboibaby1671]

Love your videos

[@cutesuperparrot]

Jon Solo hiiiiiiiiiii love your videos

[@elismart13]

I GOT THE FIRST LIKE WITH PROOF MABEY XD

[@LunchboxLex]

Jon Solo I missed you!!!

[@annagafoor3910]

Hi Jon!!

[@eabha6121]

I loved Anastasia when I was a kid. Rasputin’s death never scared me, but for some reason the real photo of him terrifies me.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

yeah and it is accurate here he did drown in a river

[@QUEENOBSCURE]

@@iHeartsNostalgiaPit Ya but not before poison and shot first lol I do think that was pretty badass he was ok. But now I day I think, the poison was very little, and if I recall my brother who knows more Russian history said Gun use didn't have powerful rounds. I think he was a good man at one time, but power got to him as it does for all us. Though he was selfish leaving his real family to go be with his new family you know...you are not born messed up and wicked, so I pity the boy/young man he once was.

[@spice_cake]

Its his fuckin eyes, they just fuckin stare into your soul

[@Zoot_of_Anthrax]

Éabha Delany thats because he looks like the sort of guy to lure kids into a van with free candy

[@aidendebuf5978]

Shan Kristofferson lol

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

You forgot about one important fact in Rasputin death - during autopsy they discovered he died by drowning. He was poisoned, mauled, shot, sliced, and died due to drowning.

[@mohammedhaider5919]

That is just so ruthless, no one deserves to die like that😥

[@faraway-2009]

He wasn’t poisoned actually. Yes, he drank the poison, but the sugar in his wine and food counteracted against it.

[@sweetner844]

Mohammed Haider Aparently he slept with children because he thought it “cleansed the soul”

[@englishatheart]

@@mohammedhaider5919 Nah, he was evil. I can sense it from his photos alone.

[@dianacampbell8381]

@@mohammedhaider5919 he absolutely deserves to die like that. He was a horrible person and a pedophile who destroyed that family's life, in real life. He was a disgusting pervert and the other Romanovs hated him for defiling the image of the family and for molesting the girls...

[@tinytuzi8167]

If only history class was this interesting...

[@A_Strawberry]

It is for me lol

[@LazyAndFabulous]

History is like watching news, but the articles are based from the past, and its not on the other technologies. Fun fact: Rasputin was stabbed, poisoned, shot and got freeze, these procedure never actually killed Rasputin, but *drowning* .

[@mitzilewis3881]

Omg yes I hate history but this vid was s fun

[@zgcnos16]

dude, I agree more

[@willietozzi9408]

If only history teachers were just less salty. ;-;

[@lucyk2371]

I was so shocked that they made an animated movie about such a morbid case in history. I do love the music. Also, this keeps her memory alive for future generations. Maybe it will inspire them to learn her true story.

[@bdayishere1018]

Yes it a scary history but....it was a good movie and if it wasnt for the movie i would of never heard of her

[@ma.josefinabelengarcia3796]

It certainly did for me

[@dancerbabe02]

Omg imagine the story of Pocahontas!!

[@ride-playerbb2818]

It's kinda like Hamilton or the Fate Franchise. It encourages us to look into their actual history and learn more about our favorite Waifus and Husbandos

[@GreyLazy-ny2xg]

Hi from russia. Famely of 👹dictators👹... happy that they dead.

[@lovetolovefairytales]

Surprised you didn't mention that Anastasia's music box from her grandma from the movie was real. Of course, it looked very different in real life but it was real.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

I wonder if it's still around, and if it still plays music

[@ashleymarie2749]

iHeart Gaming and Whose Line probably not the Bolshevik captors (more commonly known as The Reds) probably ransacked the place and stole anything of value or destroyed anything corresponding to the existence of the Romanov’s.

[@anikixvi]

Oh wait! is that the Egg of Memories in the movie The Last Wizard ( Detective Conan Movie)

[@Shaddow953]

And surprisingly Disney did not f up this one it was Don Bluth, a guy who has been trying to beat Disney at its own game for years and finally did so with this movie.

[@lovetolovefairytales]

@@iHeartsNostalgiaPit I don't know if it still exists though I have tried very hard to find out. All I could uncover was that it was probably just a simple dancing ballerina, probably silver, not the little ornate thing from the film. But it was given by the grandmother to Anastasia for her 13th birthday.

[@dorishysa490]

You're telling me that there was no servant boy named Dimitri that falls in love with Anastasia??? 😢😢😢

[@yaryaryarz]

Anastasia*

[@FirstNameLastName-sy2jq]

H o n e y B i s c u i t s Анастасия*

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

17:34 There's this guy named Dmitri if makes you feel better

[@saylorskidds9538]

Nope. Just Dimitri Pavlovich.

[@jongon0848]

"Dimitri was supposedly based on Leonid Ivanovich Sednev, a kitchen boy who served the Romanovs along with his uncle. When the family was executed, Leonid was amongst the few members of the entourage that were spared by the Soviets, who sent him off to live with relatives." Found this on imdb, not sure how true it is but hopefully it helps.

[@Ladeliciadelinda]

Anastasia was one of my fav animation because it wasn’t super kiddy. Being produced by 20th Century Fox probably had something to do with it. It was realistic and magical at the same time. The true story... reminds me of the saying “truth is sometimes stranger than fiction”

[@mollymcmurtrie8037]

I would say it's pure fiction.

[@tagaway6173]

Yes, I liked it because I liked how they approached the story. I never imagined Disney doing a Latin America movie, because of our lack of princesses, lol, but also because history is more real, gruesome and recent than legends or fairytales. Watching Anastacia gave me a sense that any of our stories could be made on films because they could filter out some of the bad stuff, and water down the politics around our woman tru history in L.American. Also I wanted to see more Asian, Eastern Europe and African stories. Whether mythical or not. While.... I don't know... having more guys stories, lol, like, I don't know, for every 4 girl stories another Hercules or Aladdin, lol.

[@Soulslayer612]

@@tagaway6173 Hear hear! Don't get me wrong I don't dislike the movies, but what is with all the princesses? Let's get some more positive (albeit fictional) male role-models that aren't just side characters.

[@SDoesNotKnow]

​@@tagaway6173 I don't know, as a kid who learned about the Russian Revolution, I hated what they did with it and how they made Rasputin cursing the family as a reason for the revolution as opposed to you know, the REAL reason why the poor, abused, and exploited decided that enough was enough. Of course it led to some horrific governments, but can't forget why people would be driven to the breaking point. Even as a kid I hated how they minimized that whole part of history into some formulaic child's cartoon with the villain being some green person with an idiotic, annoying, talking bat because kids cartoons have to have animal sidekicks.

[@ameliagrace30]

SDoesNotKnow i have to agree. i actually thought it was MORE formulaic than a disney movie. rasputin wasn’t scary as a villain at all, i couldn’t take him seriously, and i really did not care for his annoying bat sidekick. also, the relationship between anastasia and dimitri annoyed me, it was hard to root for them when they only knew each over for what i’m guessing is about a week, and for most of that time they were arguing with each over! their romance came out of nowhere for me.

[@edwardkiousi5061]

I feel like whenever Hollywood needs someone with a Russian surname they just call them Romanov or Romanova

[@jessicawoolridgegrant6358]

Ikr in marvel and Anastasia

[@rawfish864]

Natasha ROMANOFF

[@ftsataros25]

@@jessicawoolridgegrant6358 Well, Anastasia not so much, but definitely Black Wodow

[@jessicawoolridgegrant6358]

@@ftsataros25 yeah true she was a real person so it’s okay but they always do the same Russian names so fake movie character :((

[@justl4147]

that's so sad, there are so many lovely and beautiful names to choose from

[@BobBob-yk5ko]

God im so distraught. They actually opened fire on a 13 year old kid. I feel sick. It's evil

[@Koolkitty_9]

A boy who couldn't even walk. It was barbaric. I've read many accounts of how Alexei was in shock and couldn't even fight back like his sisters did...in the end, I'm glad he didn't suffer as much. Now, I agree that Nicholas II and Alexandra weren't great rulers, but killing the kids and four servants? Why punish those who cannot control what they are? They wanted to get rid of every Romanov possible, they even murdered Alexandra's sister (all because she was a well liked Nun in Petersburg) and a few others by throwing them into a mine shaft.

[@blackbloodstaralexp]

That's how revolution works. If kids were left alive, they might have wanted revenge or something. That's life.

[@blackbloodstaralexp]

Go on and ready about Bloody Sunday 1905

[@Himark89]

Sad reality this story is in every country's history, from Chinese royal families butchered like cattle, to heaps of early US stories too. Nowadays we have Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria.

[@johnalanelson]

In much more recent times the Khmer Rogue murdered over a million people because of their political beliefs, including an 8 year old boy. It's still going on!

[@rolyngeorges7315]

Also. The way they died was definitely over kill. I mean damn. This is straight up torture and murder and a massacre.

[@melledevries4685]

I think it's based on the real life myth surrounding his death, that it took poison and a bullet and drowning to kill him

[@ninajoyce9906]

Chadwick . Just Chadwick. I don’t think that’s a mytg

[@angienoexiste]

@@melledevries4685 Rasputin's death actually was like you wrote it,they tried to poison him,then beat him then shot him and at the end drown him in a river

[@melledevries4685]

@Freak159753 Well spotted, I misread it.

[@sparkylynx8723]

@@melledevries4685 thats not a myth, thats just what happened

[@MothCrawler]

Jon: Rasputin My brain: *_RA RA RASPUTIN_*

[@gabbyacosta1825]

Russians greatest love machine

[@samanthasouza853]

It was a shame how he carried on

[@madfoot]

@@gabbyacosta1825 you are right. very very right

[@NeverKnelie]

He was really vundabar

[@hikari5921]

'LOVER OF THE RUSSIAN QUEEN'

[@dreamsofparis5535]

I still love watching Anastasia in my 30's and there are some other things I find fascinating. Pooka the little dog that Anya adopted was probably inspired by a dog that Anastasia owned and he was named Jimmy. Sadly, the poor dog was killed during the massacre, but Alexei's own dog Joy did survive. The drawing that the young Anastasia gave to her grandmother was real and Olga did say the girl in the drawing looked like a pig riding a donkey. I love researching the little details.

[@djrich6461]

Hi! It’s super late to comment but American Horror Story season 6 talked about the Romanov family. I think they were saying Anastasia was a witch and they tried to save her from death.

[@PersephoneDaSilva]

@@djrich6461 Sounds like they can piss off. "Anastasia's a witch" has got to be one of the dumbest things I've heard in my life. 🙄

[@PersephoneDaSilva]

Little fact about the movie: During Once Upon A December, you can see Alexei stumble out of the painting - a nod to him being unsteady on his feet due to his hemophilia. Another nod to his illness is when they show the behind shot of Nicholai, Alexandra and Alexei walking towards Anastasia, Alexei is also limping. (Same song, left leg.) I was told that about three years ago, and my mind is still blown away by that tiny detail they actually added.

[@mallardduckjrh8048]

The most inaccurate thing about this movie is that the Romanov family was competent enough to realize that Rasputin wasn’t trustworthy

[@tcons004]

I read somewhere that Olga was the only one in the immediate family that picked up on his darker side but even before Rasputin came in the picture the Russian people didn’t trust Alexandra.

[@nataliereb4902]

@@tcons004 yes, she was thought of as possibly a German spy. Or at the least, being a German, not devoted to the Russian people and their country. However, it seems she wholeheartedly embraced Russian Orthodoxy and truly loved the country, though she was hardcore about the autocracy being ordained of God and to be upheld with an iron will.

[@cherries_and_wine]

@@nataliereb4902 It's funny how people didn't trust Alexandra, but the greatest Russian empress wasn't even Romanov by blood, she was German prinsess who married Russian crown prince, and overthrew him soon after his coronation

[@nataliereb4902]

@@cherries_and_wine yes, that is odd. And I don't want to sound ignorant, but are you referring to Catherine the 2nd? I thought I was right on that, but I googled it anyway, and it seems that is correct, so I am fairly certain that is who you are speaking of, since she did over throw her husband, Peter the 3rd.

[@cherries_and_wine]

@@nataliereb4902 Yeah, it's her

[@sapphira4010]

Anastasia was killed when she was my age. That is so scary I can’t imagine what they went through. I can’t imagine being shot at and dying.

[@davidortiz3094]

There is rumors she escaped but again no truth to back it up.

[@koffeefoxy2824]

How old are you?

[@Mawfet]

@@koffeefoxy2824 I can't tell if you meant you thought she was still that age or it was a genuine question

[@koffeefoxy2824]

Nvm

[@persephonewhite3478]

@@davidortiz3094 DNA testing shows she died with her family at 17. She also carried the hemophiliac gene.

[@TheMaskedFox288]

Rasputin: *doesn't die* Literally everyone else: *WHAT THE FUUUUUUCCCCK*

[@XxPeriCo27xX]

Heh. That one's a fighter.

[@Hello-mx6hk]

And Dimitri wasn’t real like WTF

[@ishanighoshal2653]

Actually he was torturously killed, if you read the Russian revolution you will know.

[@cherryhill9055]

Lmao

[@padmeamidala664]

Least we got a kick ass song

[@OdaAlexx]

This is why I always cry when Anastasia sings «once upon a december» in the movie, when her family dances with her😭😭😭 they all died horribly! Still so sad🌹

[@p.r.sdenmark6149]

You forgot to tell about what happend to the grandmother. Maria Feodorovna, Empress Dowager of Russia. She did not flee to Paris, but to the Crimea some time after the February revolution in 1917, where she lived in exile until 1919. She did not believe her son, Tzar Nicholas II and his family had been murdered by the Bolsheviks and whould not leave. After being persuaded by her sister, the Queen Dowager Alexandre of Great Britain, she fled from Crimea, along with her daughter, Grand Duchess Olga, on the English warship HMS Marlborough in 1919. She lived for a short while in England but moved and returned to her native country, Denmark, where she lived until her death in 1928 and was buried in Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark. After negotiations with President Putin and the current Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, the Empress Dowager could return to Russia, where she was reburied next to her husband Tzar Alexander III in 2006.

[@jerryring8711]

P.R.S Denmark Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna didn’t leave Russia with her youngest daughter Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. She left with her eldest daughter Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna. Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna left about a year later with her second husband Nikolai Kulikovsky and there two young sons

[@Finity.595]

Didn't know they had anything to do with my country, now I understand why I failed history

[@MusaKitty]

Glad she got to go home

[@lunastarbegley5334]

Would* sorry I had to

[@whitenoiseihearu4018]

How old is Putin...

[@vanessashelajcovci3242]

Rasputin wasn’t from Serbia. He was from SIBERIA! Siberia is a place near Russia, Serbia is in the Balkans.

[@viollasdreams]

Siberia isn't NEAR Russia, it is part of Russia. But your point is true, he have no connection to Serbia

[@vanessashelajcovci3242]

viollasdreams My bad, I wasn’t sure if it was Russia or near Russia...but still no connection to Serbia.

[@kvonblix]

HOWEVER....there is a slight Serbian connection...Princess Helen of Serbia was the niece of Milica of Montenegro, wife of Grand Duke Peter Nicolaievich of Russia, the women who introduced Grigori Rasputin to Tsarina Alexandra.

[@vanessashelajcovci3242]

kvonblix Yes she was Serbian, but Rasputin himself wasn’t Serbian.

[@brookesargent8249]

YES THANK YOU

[@VianneyCreates]

Why is it always sexual stuff with these "holy men?"

[@pyroshayniac1090]

They overcompansate their "goodness" to hide their real sleaziness.

[@TotallyxInsane]

*cough* Frollo *cough*

[@mlolvera91]

They’re not real holy or real men.

[@МайклЛидон]

Rasputin believed that sex could clense the soul and the russian orthodox church had actually excommunicated him for this belief and there was no evidence he did anything to the children and no evidence he was with the tsarina the Soviets just used the mystery around him to stir up decent among the russian people through rumors

[@iamqueenambidextrous2314]

They be hypocrites

[@ride-playerbb2818]

Fun fact: Anastasia is one of the first person ever to take a selfie. Seriously

[@matthewtenorioduenas202]

How

[@someone0]

​@Matthew Tenorio Dueñas painting I guess I don't know

[@cuterose9376]

They were living in the 1600s there is no phones at the time so it’s obviously paint.

[@DezyFlores]

​@@cuterose9376...this is around the first world war, i believe.

[@unarmedblackguy]

​@@cuterose9376 What!? Haha they have photos. They don't need to paint. They literally had photos.

[@scottlynclement7049]

*I used to always say she was my fav princess and everyone was like who dat tho 😂*

[@i_ben-e-dict211b2]

Your name is dope.

[@hayleysantos3648]

She’s an actual princess😂

[@the4tierbridge]

@@hayleysantos3648 No she wasn’t.

[@Cherryofmiami]

😂😂😂

[@elainahess9025]

Jon Solo: “I don’t know that much history” Also Jon:

[@delta4093]

Yeah, that first statement turns out to be accurate. 👍 For example, the war was not so much an original "cause" for revolution, but an excuse and a catalyst for it.

[@cookie_enjoyer]

He called Serbia an Empire so yeah I think he didn't look at a map of WW1 before that cause Austria was 10 times bigger then Serbia.

[@lemonwedge6664]

Lmaooo

[@justvibing1601]

@@delta4093 another example Rasputin wasn't Serbian he was Siberian

[@someone-wo5nu]

he doesnt, most of the "history" he said was wrong at best or straight up lies at worst

[@JustinY.]

What a bizarre anime backstory.

[@goyonman9655]

Your everywhere

[@strawberrypancake2866]

Anastasia's Bizzare Adventures.

[@goyonman9655]

@FLTheAnimeGuy Mk. Trillion Me? Everywhere?

[@xaiitrbl]

man i see you everywhere wtf

[@lull9006]

@@strawberrypancake2866 is that a motherf***ing jojo reference!?!?

[@lovetolovefairytales]

Losing most of their servants wasn't just about having less people to wait on them because they were pampered; these servants has been around the children almost all their lives they were like family. Two servants had the main job of carrying Alexei when his condition made it impossible to walk. These were people who carried them and nursed them through illness. Losing most of them never knowing if they'd meet again or even if their captors really let them go or else just killed them would have been devastating.

[@PersephoneDaSilva]

Yes but those two servants turned on Alexei and treated him like garbage.

[@lovetolovefairytales]

@@PersephoneDaSilva ONE did (allegedly) and some claim it was a misunderstanding, that he was just telling Alexei to pick up his own toys after he played and a baroness overheard and freaked out. I dunno if I believe he did or did not for certain. But the other sailor was loyal until he was taken away and shot. And what about Gilliard? He'd been with the family for years and was very close to Alexei and the girls. It was like losing family.

[@victoria_m13]

seeing “anastasia” as a kid i didn’t know about true story, but my parents (i’m russian) did and they were like ‘lol’ when rusputin showed up. but after the movie my mom told me and my brother that in real life all of romanov family was slaughtered. that was mind-blow for me.

[@Elly3981]

When the movies came out, Anastasia's body had not been found yet so people still believed she was alive.

[@the4tierbridge]

@@Elly3981 Most people thought that if she had survived, she was dead by the ‘70s.

[@Elly3981]

@@the4tierbridge She could have lived into the 80s or 90s too if she survived.

[@the4tierbridge]

@@Elly3981 But most people who were born in 1901 didn’t.

[@nmoney6655]

@@the4tierbridge yeah I agree with you it’s like old age

[@emperorskulls]

I want a video on the Romanov imposters now. It's too interesting.

[@SerenaHSerena77Elvis2]

I only know of one that did marry the servant boy in real life and was said to have simulator scars as Anastasia

[@tultsi93]

Frankie Drake Mysteries also touched this subject. Whenever the girl was real Anastasia or not wasn't told (there was a hint she could be), it was still left as a speculation by letting Frankie say only the Romanovs will know it. CBC didn't want to go that far.

[@latrolettteeeeeee]

Just watch Anastasia (1956) or The mystery of Anna

[@ingridbjrnstad4763]

me too

[@dlcalbaugh]

Now showing on Netflix, "The Last Czars" is a docuseries about the Romanov family and their demise. Warning: It does contain, nudity, violence and sexual content.

[@jasminel9815]

The duchesses (aka the tsars kids) weren’t actually pampered they worked hard and took cold baths etc. And when the war started the empress and the girls became nurses and worked to help the wounded soldiers.

[@kim7990]

Jasmine Lee it's called the Princesses

[@natawerner]

@@kim7990 no, with Russian royal family their official title was the Great Duchess/Duke

[@meishamoody5282]

Lol at they took cold baths as if that means anything

[@jonathanaceves720]

Correct, they made friends with the wounded soldiers.

[@Tgogators]

Lived much better than starving Russians did

[@brucenatelee]

Another movie of distorted history, like Pocahontas. I always felt that media could teach history more accurately to make learning more enjoyable, but when things get distorted, people learn the wrong stuff. Almost makes making a movie or show based on something pointless if it's too different. There are similarities in this movie, in contrast to Pocahontas.

[@zhannakutman9565]

But at least people know that there was a real life princess called Anastasia whose family was massacred by soviets. And there were people so desperately wanting somebody from that family to survive that they believed imposters trying to take advantage of situation. But if you look at Hollywood, they distort books too

[@sabrinesaadmail]

Anastasia was not made by disney...

[@genevieveowusu885]

Personally, I prefer Anastasia over Pocahontas, historically and cinematically.

[@olliesconcerned]

they werent trying to be historically accurate

[@eleanorevery]

Tbh that’s a lottt of movies, you could say that about every single fairytale movie as most of them actually happened but totally different. For instance Tangled is completely different to the real story, and so is Snow White... Cinderella... all of them happened in real life.

[@barbossa8142]

Not only that but when the autopsy was done on Rasputin, it was found that he had water in his lungs which meant he was still alive when he was thrown in the river.

[@AshleighBaby1990]

serves him right.

[@NashKyalo]

@@seli3631 Haha I'm also wondering the same thing

[@windyhead7960]

No, read Douglas Smith, the author of the essential Rasputin biogrophy, there was no water in his lung,also, the poison didn't work because part of his intestine was cut during an assassination attack, hence, he couldn't produce enough digestive acid, cyanide only works when dissolved in the acid, they also didn't cut off his penis, didn't store it in a Moscow museum, it burnt with the rest of him when he was cremated. There is a lot of controversy when it comes to Rasputin, he wasn't holy, anymore than evil, he was just a very intelligent and opportunistic person, he also didn't have thay much influence on the royal family, that can be easily grasped by the way he had always advised Nicholas II to stop the war, because the only people who would be struck by it are peasant and workers, but the tsar wouldn't listen.

[@ravikiran490]

The nigga that can't die

[@sarahvanorden670]

Actually you mentioned that it wouldn't be hard to get under the skin of such a pampered family, but the daughters were beyond sheltered, the most they saw of Russia was actually during their captivity, they were raised like the average child, Olga and Tatiana shared a room, as did Anastasia and Maria, they had a hard camp cot for their beds and had to take cold baths in the morning, never called by their titles and just their names. But Alexei being the future tsar and a hemophiliac, had everything he could desire and was called the little Tsar.

[@sarahvanorden670]

Normally I hate correcting others and stuff but, when I was younger and watched Anastasia, I got into a deep hole and researched all I could to the point when I was in High School, my world history teacher knew I knew so much that she let me teach about the Romanov's.

[@a1918-b4g]

@@sarahvanorden670 Ugh thats my dream! My school never gets up to them or the Russian Revoloution

[@robincupples5261]

That is harsh, dur to his disability you could say he got better treatment than all of his sisters, what about his parents?

[@nicholealderfer191]

The two older sisters had their diaries published and they did a lot of hands on volunteer work and became close to several everyday soldiers. They came across as being of great feeling and very religious. It seemed like they went to mass a lot. They did not come across as spoiled princesses in the least.

[@piratesswoop725]

@@robincupples5261 Alexandra grew up as the second youngest child in a relatively poor German grand duchy. She was not really pampered either, even with Queen Victoria being her grandmother. Nicholas, you could definitely make a case for because he grew up in the opulence of the late 19th century Russian court, but even he grew up very military-style, his father did not believe in spoiling children so he and his siblings also slept on hard camp cots and took cold baths.

[@HannahwithaH]

What's fascinating is that Anastasia the film was released about 10 years before the two remaining bodies were found.

[@oxannagutheim3787]

@holly dodd Did they ever find Anastasias body?

[@EjectPrev]

@@oxannagutheim3787 yea they said she died with the rest of her family

[@lilly-rosegarner1352]

What's even ironical is that there were real imposters like in the film

[@sugaredwards6207]

Lilly-Rose Garner how is that "ironical" though?

[@lilly-rosegarner1352]

@@sugaredwards6207 I meant in a sarcastic way Bcoz the imposters took the idea of becoming Anastasia from film writers i.e that servent helped them escape...which was predicted in the film only that the half truth was she was the real Anastasia(in film)and the imposters weren't...just little things from the film which were taken in real life for self purpose and greed....ended up making the film little in common with reality except for the ending of happily ever after and Anastasia living...(so the film made the reality predictable even when it wasn't meant to be...and real imposters were unusually predicted...)

[@jairar2587]

Rasputin movie version: evil villain Rasputin real life: the Romanov’s homie

[@thatonecat6042]

homie hahahah

[@idongesitusen5764]

Alexandra basically saw him as a miracle worker.

[@Im_no_one-g7p]

It’s so true but you phrased it in one of the funniest ways possible

[@Altanicorn]

'Giant possessed stone horse' THAT IS A PEGASUS EXCUSE YOU

[@jennacanada9431]

_Unicornicorn That’s a weird way to spell dog.

[@user-ff3wq8iu6o]

But it's possesed.

[@Logicalmind13]

Actually, the actual name for "Pegasus" was "Flying Horse" or "Flying Stallion"

[@vendettav4584]

I first thought it was a giraffe

[@Logicalmind13]

@@gallopavo125 Okie, dokie!

[@smokedoutfarmer]

Dude after you explained the movie I was about to exit out cuz I thought it was over, I completely forgot you were suppose to tell the really story behind it now

[@manchineel7654]

DUDE! SAME

[@lizzdoe2821]

Smokedoutfarmer Budz The movie is all you need. 😂😂

[@Livebreatheatsleep]

Me too!

[@JonSolo]

lmao that's hilarious. judging by the thumbs ups you aren't the only one!

[@author-sama1539]

You should cover the six wives of Henry the 8th Like so he can see!

[@ThatFlower12]

Author-Sama 1 omg yes especially anne boleyn

[@jennyblanch8241]

Absolutely

[@lindathorsell1]

not mythology or a folk-tale.... just history... and there are a few hundred documentaries about that here on youtube

[@tiffanyraykrueger8621]

YES YES YES

[@duckinahurry4630]

I thought the ‘he” in your comment was referring to Henry himself for a second😂😂

[@emilyfuller1563]

I like how in the song "Learn To Do It", they reference the real Anastasia being a little hellion-"You'd make faces and terrorize the cook, threw him in the brook! 'Was I wild?' Wrote the book!"

[@prettyfairyv]

What is it with villains coming to parties uninvited? 🤦🏾‍♀️ They just don’t get the hint. Love your channel, Jon! 😍❤️

[@JonSolo]

it's archetypal like the snake in the garden of Eden. evil always finds a way to get in! Thank you :)

[@prettyfairyv]

Jon Solo Never saw it like that. That makes sense! 💕

[@MakotoKinoSailorJupiter2020]

Because it pisses off the host

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Wouldn't it be refreshing if when the villain shows up, the host (king, queen, whoever) is like "Oh, we forgot to send an invitation.. but now that you're here, come on in!" It seems to me that in some situations (like SLEEPING BEAUTY or any movie starring Pai Mei), it's more about showing a little respect and getting a little than wanting to harm good people.

[@frankspikes4867]

In some cases, the villain was betrayed by the host. So the villain shows up to the party to get revenge.

[@erinpilla]

I read so much about WW1 and the Russian Revolution, so that is why I voted for this because I wanna see how you pull it off LOL. And I have to say, I am IMPRESSED! Pitch perfect! I have to give an update though that Anastasia had already been determined as dead via DNA tests. It was just not sure whether it was Anastasia or Maria who was seen with Alexei, but it is what it is LOL. And very accurate telling of Rasputin's fate as well! As for the impostors, I remember there was one from South Africa, and she was perhaps the longest claim that existed, if I remember well. OMG you should try your hand Jon at doing videos about world literature and world history. You are great in making these things accessible to history and lit buffs and millennials alike! Kudos to a good job!!

[@bennu547]

Could you imagine being one of these Anastasia imposters for years and then finding out that they found the real one’s body?

[@erinpilla]

@@bennu547 IKR. Well no one's playing that card anymore given conclusive scientific evidence that all 7 bodies have been found. But damn was the process controversial.

[@refinedobsidian479]

I internally cringed at the usage of “LOL” after thinking about the Romanov family’s tragic death.

[@SG-pu3rx]

@@refinedobsidian479 it becomes less tragic when you start to think about the people they ruled over...

[@erinpilla]

@@refinedobsidian479 Yup IKR sorry for the misplaced LOL but when you think of it, the incompetence of Tsar Nicholas led to people running after their heads

[@shieunlee9988]

Omg can you make a messed up origins of Mary Poppins?! High key feel like that would need to be multiple parts. Mary poppins is....actually really dark

[@Wow-vs3wu]

What?

[@ameliahartford5869]

TGDS, WHAT THE HELL IS SAVING MR. BANKS?!?!?!

[@elmondo-s1e]

Legit didn’t even know it wasn’t completely made up 😳

[@Dani_1012]

Can you explain?

[@angelesgutierrez2100]

Dani Du_Soleil Disney already made a movie about the origins of Mary Poppins, it’s called Saving Mr. Banks

[@viridiannaacosta7115]

Ra Ra Rasputin lover of the Russian queen nobody? okay i'll leave

[@efran202]

now i get that song!

[@nathenewendzel884]

That was just a rumor.

[@viridiannaacosta7115]

@@nathenewendzel884 i know i was just quoting the lyrics from the song rasputin 🙄

[@nathenewendzel884]

@@viridiannaacosta7115 Sorry. Wasn't familiar with the song. I guess I've been living under a rock.

[@Theringodair]

Lol. Boney M. Great song.

[@sasusakufangirl]

Bonus info: The Romanov sisters are now regarded as saints in the Russian church (yes, you can pray to them) and the different kinds of art in these churches depict them together with halos and everything.

[@lalalalalalwlla]

Not just sisters, the whole family are saints in Russian Orthodox church

[@sasusakufangirl]

@@lalalalalalwlla Thanks for the correction - I only knew the sisters were and didn't want to spread false information ^^'

[@messedup8763]

I find it ridiculous, because 1. Even if they were the royalty, they are still just ordinary humans🙄2. Nicolas is a saint??? Hah, please-_- And I get it that they were children, but then why don’t you make any murdered child a saint? I was raised in Russian orthodox family and lived in Russia until I was 14, and I just never understood why they are considered saints._. I am an atheist now, I should really try to control myself when I see religious bull**it but I just can’t 🤯

[@sasusakufangirl]

@@messedup8763 I seriously don't know and would like to know myself as well. Through the years I've read a lot about the Romanov family so I know they certainly were no saints in real life and suffered from a bad case of 'If we ignore it, the problem doesn't exist, and everything is fine'. Taking a veeeeeery wild and straw-grasping guess it could be because they were the last members of a very long line of rulers and therefore represent the end of an era but again that's just a guess (-__-) I was raised as a Protestant and to the Protestant church, saints aren't a thing. That's why the whole concept seems a bit odd/foreign to me, so I think I can understand a bit of your frustration.

[@naly202]

The Royal family was canonised as Holy Martyrs of the church. Because they were. This doesn't mean they were flawless and not humans. It's easy to spot that some of the commenters here are not very well acquainted with the Orthodox Church and the way we see saints. Saints are indeed humans with flaws, but some gave their life for the faith, which is pretty big. The Russian revolution made a huge number of martyrs: monasteries and churches burnt with people inside, long queues of people shot and thrown in the same grave, etc. The Orthodox Church has this wonderful way of remembering all those people. The same way as a country remembers its heroes who died on the battlefield.

[@natttttttt]

I just dropped my phone on my face

[@grayssegv8423]

Omg~ are you okay? 😂

[@harvestmoon1883]

Natalia Grzegorzek Rest In Peace

[@natttttttt]

Graysse GV yep all good

[@natttttttt]

HarvestMoon188 skdhsjh

[@harvestmoon1883]

@@natttttttt baha

[@kidaanimates2806]

Anastasia is actually the reason I got into history. My dad told me about how she and her family were real people. And he also got me started on collecting the egg shaped boxes that sometimes play music.(I can't spell what their actually called 😅) I have a decently large collection now. So Anastasia made a large impact on my life. I'm happy you made this!

[@tabithamashburn8786]

stix the cat Faberge eggs

[@christinascales2681]

Same

[@spice_cake]

My dad is also kinda the reason i used to be really interested about russian history a couple years ago. He started talking about rasputin and how he died and everything, and i was like “wow thats fuckin cool dad” and then i looked it up but i wasnt too into the whole russian history thing yet. Then my dad suggested i read this giant ass book and shit led on from there, now i know a lot more about a russian family than anyone i know would care to learn lol

[@lunalovebird2223]

@@spice_cake I honestly would love to learn!!

[@PersephoneDaSilva]

Faberge.

[@anask7668]

That's a hella disturbing story especially the basement slaughter...

[@j.t5763]

It's really sad how they killed the kids 😢

[@kaydenevideo]

Thank you SO much for making this video. I LOVE Anastasia. LOVE. Grew up on the movie and did a report on the Romanov family in University. And your facts are all straight. Thank you!!! Keep shining, Solo.

[@JonSolo]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching :)

[@skypotato6460]

I found my long lost twin!!!!!!!

[@ameliaschulzkump8344]

bro i hates learning about rasputin, he was the creepiest “holy man” we learned about in ap euro

[@seatbelttruck]

Ibuprofen's only been around since the 60's. I think you mean Aspirin (same family, different drug, been around longer).

[@glittery_cucumber]

I was wondering about that! Aspirin is also still commonly used as a blood thinner.

[@AmbiguousProxy]

@@glittery_cucumber extra little factoid, aspirin doesn't thin the blood. It's an anti-coagulant and slows down your blood's ability to clot.

[@whynot1606]

Science fact - Technically not the same family as aspirin acts irreversibly while non steroidal anti inflammatories (such as ibuprofen) are reversible. Also aspirin is not actually an effective anti inflammatory it’s main function is antiplatelet which is why it is only recommended for chest pain 😊

[@momogao9268]

@@whynot1606 Aspirin is also a NSAID

[@whynot1606]

pureshka actually it’s not a true NSAID as all NSAIDs have the same phamacodynamics which is what denotes them as a family. As aspirin is irreversible it doesn’t have the same pharmacodynamics as other NSAIDs such as ibuprofen and coxibs. In fact for aspirin to have a clinical level of inflammation reduction, patients would have to take 4-6g of aspirin daily which would almost certainly cause an ulcer (as a result of irreversible cox 1 inhibition)

[@veyamarie1506]

This was literally my favorite animated movie, and still is.

[@nataliereb4902]

Jon Solo, Rasputin's last letter to a Romanov imperial family member, dated Dec. 7, 1916, stated that if he was murdered by peasants, the Romanovs would enjoy another 100 yrs of reign. However, he wrote, if you, The Tsar, hear that I have been murdered by boyars, nobles, relations of the Romanovs, you, Oh Tsar, and your children will not live out two more years. And, that's what happened.

[@theworldoverheavan560]

wow

[@brendanakers7294]

I wonder if he was a demon or some sort of supernatural being sometimes

[@nataliereb4902]

@@brendanakers7294 at the least, he was in touch with supernatural beings. As much as I sometimes would like to have supernatural abilities, I don't envy anyone in the claws of the devil. Not worth it.

[@lynettelin8877]

Dec 7th is my birthday

[@marcelamendoza9459]

Brendan Akers I was always told that he really did sell his soul to the devil. But who knows 💁🏻

[@dallasgrey4247]

The thing about the Anastasia movie is that it was actually based off of another movie about the Princess Anastasia surviving. Except that one was live action. They also took inspiration from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw for many of the plot elements in the movie.

[@randomgirll3123]

Rasputin... the man who just refused to die... until he did. I’m not freaked out by discussing death but that description of the execution... was brutal.

[@JonSolo]

fun fact: he also survived an assassination attempt (stabbed in the stomach) a few months before this!

[@jenneacoleman-cubero2365]

@@JonSolo Didn't a prostitute tried to stab him?

[@AliCe-fk9ty]

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire Ra Ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra Ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar But the kasatschok he danced really wunderbar In all affairs of state, he was the man to please But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze For the queen, he was no wheeler dealer Though she'd heard the things he'd done She believed he was a holy healer Who would heal her son Ra Ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen There was a cat that really was gone Ra Ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine It was a shame how he carried on "This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please." No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms Though he was a brute, they just fell into his arms Then one night some men of higher standing Set a trap, they're not to blame "Come to visit us," they kept demanding And he really came Ra Ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen They put some poison into his wine Ra Ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine He drank it all and he said "I feel fine." Ra Ra Rasputin Lover of the Russian queen They didn't quit, they wanted his head Ra Ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine And so they shot him till he was dead

[@charlottelouise1409]

@@JonSolo Was that before Rasputin wrote his warning to the Czar about how if Rasputin was killed by any Romanovs then the Czar & his children would be dead within 2 years?

[@theodoremacewko7757]

@@charlottelouise1409 "tsar feodore IV": interesting question ⁉️ "? saint" Rasputin also prophecied that 25 years after his death the boyars could re-enter Russia which happened in 1941 under hitler . Did He also prophecie that 75 years after his death 1991 that you would have freedom of religion in Russia ? I wonder if any of the "vladyka theophan" came from him. Did "vladyka theophan " say that the next tsar would come from the Romanov family or did it say that the next tsar would come from the tsar nicholas's family and it got covered up What would you do if I told you that tsar nicholas had secret grandchildren ?Support a rival eastern union under myself including russia and bellorussia and ukraine

[@legallyanartist3409]

Well the main reason Nicholas was a bad ruler was because his father never taught him how to rule so he had no idea what he was doing

[@lalalalalalwlla]

Exactly

[@KrisRN23935]

Reminds me of Marie Antoinette's husband. I find it ironic since the suffered similar fates.

[@oscarclaudio2848]

He was just a lazy man who shot their people

[@abbiekd]

It wasn't that he wasn't taught its that he didn't want to rule so he ignored his father

[@anbrooks01]

Legally An Artist yeah his dad just tried to undo all of Catherine the Greats work because they hated each other

[@joshcasticshow]

You forgot one thing about Rasputin’s death. What finally killed him was drowning in the water.

[@reynaweber7222]

it was hypothermia from how cold it was?

[@BBWahoo]

I'm surprised they didn't find him inside a cave afterwards

[@Kanetsugi]

@@reynaweber7222 read the comment again, but slowly

[@kellipfeffferle2973]

@@Kanetsugi BAHAHA IM ORBITING

[@chloecoker1316]

@@reynaweber7222 nah he was shot like 11 times before. then he drowned you can’t really show someone getting shot in a Disney movie

[@BettyMareeHOHCountry]

no matter how many times i hear this story of the Romanoffs i still feel that the girls not including the mother shouldnt suffered the way they did they could have been living their lives as princesses in exile or changed their names and lived a life like normal people. but its sad to know that the ages the princesses and the prince were at the time they died is really heartbreaking because they never got to live their lives.

[@seochae8562]

i read in a book that even tho the government lied and said nicolas only died the russian people probably wouldn't have cared that the chrildren died bc they were just done with the romanovs and wanted them gone

[@jhanturandall2519]

A chunk of Romanov family relocated to Chicago. Cousins and such

[@history-jovian]

@@jhanturandall2519 How can you tell?

[@jhanturandall2519]

@@history-jovian saw a story where Anya who turned out to be a fraud was introduced to the family in Chicago years back. I’m not an expert or anything

[@neodonovandragoncareyblade257]

Really

[@jongon0848]

I heard another reason the kids didn't die instantly was because some of the guards were trying to avoid killing them because they grew attached to them and only aimed at Tsar Nicholas and Alexandra

[@piratesswoop725]

They may have grown attached to the girls, but the only reason they might've freaked out was because the bullets kept bouncing off of their clothing due to the jewelry sewn in. They thought it meant the girls were protected by God. But they continued shooting, and even after, when one of the girls sat up and screamed, several guards promptly bayonetted her in the face until she stopped.

[@omarreyes7626]

I recall seeing in a documentary that shortly after the execution of the family, claims started to surface (unfounded of course) that some guards allow anastasia and one of her servants (her sister maria in some versions) escape when the family was taken to the basement due to becoming attached to them, a scene recreated by the movie when dimitri help anastasia escape in the movie, and the reason why most of the impostors choose to claim they were anastasia

[@makenna48]

J.G Productions I had read that they had to get drunk to even do it, so I assume there was some attachment

[@mdee6730]

The guards in the first two houses where the family was imprisoned were attached to them. So much so that they had to be replaced. In the last house (where they died), they were professional executioners rather than mere guards.

[@UnicornsPoopRainbows]

@@piratesswoop725 To be fair, if I thought a dead body just sat up and screamed, I would probably stab it in the face too...

[@tkielion]

The reason more wanted to hear about Anastasia is probably because most people know the lion king is a toned down, animated, Hamlet with animals.

[@ginniem9779]

You forgot to add that it is also a plagiarization of Kimba the White Lion.

[@tkielion]

@@ginniem9779 agree to disagree

[@AKilahVamp]

And it was boring. Plus personally as a black person I had been waiting so long for a disney story with black people and then to have a story in africa with no black people and a punk ass cub with a girlie voice lol I just cannot. I really don't care for the lion king at all!

[@ginniem9779]

You are free to disagree, but just in case you would care to watch, here is a link that explains the plagiarism. I personally think there are too many similarities that overlap kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYCrm56qrNukmqc

[@tkielion]

@@ginniem9779 Lion King” producer Charlie Fink maintains that “Kimba” was not discussed at all, saying, “‘Lion King’ was based on ‘Bambi’ with a touch of ‘Hamlet,’ but at the same time it was totally original and internal to Disney. We never even heard of any of these until after the movie opened" m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_6272316 Yes there are similarities, but no solid proof of plagiarism especially when Disney exec's have stated multiple times that Kimba had no influence and that they were not even aware.

[@nachtmusik2036]

My heart breaks knowing how the Romanov family died. It would have been easier to just allow them to leave, or at least the mother and children. May they Rest In Peace.

[@leoraleora473]

Nachtmusik The Tsars cousin or Uncle (UK) didn’t want to help them I think

[@leoraleora473]

Celtic Phoenix oh that’s terrible, cause no religion or whatever; we should help everyone especially when they’re children young woman involved (it was his family too). But that’s my opinion of course. Thanks for the info tough. Learned something today too thanks to you

[@faraway-2009]

They_Call_Me_ Pebbles what...no? The Tsar did commit quite a few horrific crimes.

[@zhannakutman9565]

leora leora bilsheviks would’ve never let them live because they wanted to make sure there were no heirs to the throne to ignite opposition

[@oliviag469]

@They_Call_Me_ Pebbles No. It's because Sir Nicholas was the one who brought the country in a crisis. It's not because he's a man it's because he's the only they have a grudge against. The mother and children did nothing wrong.

[@ilikelemoncake9783]

The scene where he sells his soul traumatized me when I was little

[@thatonecat6042]

it traumatizes me even now 😨😨😨

[@jaefast5684]

Doctor from centuries ago: he's a hemophiliac. Mother: Oh no **sobs** is there any we can do? Doctor: ... I recommend bloodletting

[@wendybusby9415]

The Doctor should have said " You people should quit marrying your cousins.

[@elphaba4674]

Eating chocolate in priceless white gloves at the opera house. Thats...very specific

[@kellyvhelden]

There is a Netflix docu-series about The Romanovs: The Last Czars!!!! It’s really good!!!!!

[@JonSolo]

I will definitely check it out!

[@yourneighborhoodspiderman735]

@@JonSolo :o

[@angie-kv2oj]

I never knew, thank you!!

[@leoraleora473]

Kelly van Helden I saw it, apparently That lady that claimed to be Anastasia wasn’t her. Or did I miss understood

[@Niikachuuuu]

Jon Solo as a Russian I can confirm it’s a really good series. It’s done very well and quite accurate

[@ajayKumarajayKumar-hr7sj]

Rasputin was especially on good terms with Anastasia's mother. Note-: At that time, aspirin was one of the drugs known to humanity. So the state doctors tried to cure hemophilia using it, which (suprise) made it worse. So one of Rasputin's supposed power was to tell state doctors to stop using aspirin.

[@Beearoha]

"You probably haven't seen it in 15 years" Yeeeeeeah.... I don't watch it nearly monthly.

[@itsevillaugh1767]

I literally only saw it for the first time today

[@CelciaSnow]

Every December for me!

[@notoyaarthur1990]

Lol know I said the same thing. I was like "yeah sure, 15 yrs...I absolutely don't watch it like at least once a yr on Netflix, and every time I see it on tv"

[@sariparkkinen2118]

@@CelciaSnow i see what you did there

[@bayman7568]

How about the origins of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?

[@Orah90]

Yes! and Merlin's lesser known sister

[@taylorbringhurst752]

Heck to the yes!!! I second this motion!!!

[@Panthersclaw]

The question is which movie does he cover with it? Quest for Camelot or The Sword in the Stone? Most likely the latter but I wouldn't mind the former. :D

[@ScootterBoo]

Yes yes yes

[@cecefernandes5657]

Yes! I would love that so much💗

[@precious_muse]

It could have been "Don Bluth Explained," and boy howdy, several Don Bluth movies need some 'splainin'!

[@lh9591]

Yes! Thumbelina and rats of nimh!

[@sandrixhozart7838]

Aaaah ooh yeah me love Don Bluth anyone be awsome to see, cuz I mostly have them all except the troll in central park

[@nevaehlheaven]

All Dogs Go To Heaven was wow. Just wow.

[@KsyuSmith]

As a Russian, I actually quite enjoyed watching this video, given that it’s the first time I’ve seen an American talking about my country’s history. Thanks for the video

[@Kit10QT]

I'm just here to see if he clarifies that even though Fox is owned by Disney NOW Anastasia was not originally a Disney character. Edit: HE DID! ❤🤴

[@TheMascara89]

I kept thinking omg it’s not Disney tho...

[@iChillypepper]

I came here to say just that!

[@milkyrose7967]

I’m at peace now

[@kitlincoln1901]

Oh good! I can relax! hahaha.

[@cooterflowers]

Thank you!

[@kawaiipanda4013]

I like thinking of the movie as a “what if,” what if she survived and Anna was really Anastasia

[@colonyofrats4193]

Kawaii Panda and what if magic existed lol

[@blainecurtis2634]

@@colonyofrats4193 it does 🌹

[@VenhedisKaffas]

That's how I think of it as well. Especially now that there's a broadway musical somewhat closer to the original events. They seemed to have taken inspiration from Anna's tale but after doing some research on Wikipedia, apparently, there have also been many plays and movies about the theory that Anna was actually Anastasia. One of them was close to the movie and musical, in which Anna is an amnesiac and swindlers try starting a con to make people believe that she is the real Grand Duchess Anastasia, they start dropping hints about her being actually Anastasia but never confirm whether she is or isn't in that story. I suppose the name Anya was taken from a musical in 1965 that was just called Anya. I'm convinced it's based on the many other stories that were all based on Anna's claims to be Anastasia.

[@tamararice4587]

Anya*

[@tamararice4587]

I'm sorry I forgot about Anna Anderson who claimed she was Anastasia that's why I automatically corrected you just remembered now

[@deathlyhallows8495]

I have never clicked something so fast! I love the movie and I’m so fascinated with the history of the tsars! I’ve actually read a book about them and made an essay. Thank you so much!!

[@JonSolo]

Haha, no problem! Thank YOU for watching :)

[@calebamoore]

if they were to make a second movie of Anastasia it could be where is Anastasia gets transferred to an alternate timeline where this happened

[@avitallichtenfeld813]

Resident history buff here! Few things: 1. The Romanovs were not like royalty they were royalty 2. Tsar Nikolas II was related to Queen Victoria through his wife Alexandra (coincidentally that’s where the hemophilia came from) 3. Tsar Nikolas actually abdicated in favor of his brother and that became a whole mess 4. It wasn’t just Tsar Nikolas who was anti-Semitic it was the Romanov family going way back and the Russians themselves my ancestors didn’t just flee the Tsar they fled the pogroms of the Russians All in all though as a history buff and a monarchy maniac who knows a lot about the Romanovs and WW1 I can say that you did a good job and were mostly accurate.

[@displacerkatsidhe]

Oh good, wasn't just me making a list of corrections

[@JonSolo]

Hey, thanks for taking the time to provide some context! Just wanna respond to your observations: 1. I'm confident that me telling everyone the Romanovs sat on the throne of the Russian autocracy and calling Nicholas "emperor" and "Tsar" multiple times makes it pretty clear that they weren't just "like royalty" but they were actually royals, lol. 2. Correct, I probably should have stated the connection was through marriage! 3. I found that point unnecessary for my telling of the story 4. That's interesting, I didn't encounter that in any of my research! Since some viewers are looking at your comment as a list of "corrections" I felt inclined to clarify what I said and show I wasn't "wrong" about four points in the video, just could have provided further context. Thanks again for watching and I'm honored/relieved to have gotten the approval of a true history buff :)

[@BlueberryFundip]

@@JonSolo Hell yeah, don't let these SJWs come after you like this without any more research than the common high school student doing an essay. And you kept it classy af as well😉

[@meghanmary4566]

I'm a historian and I can second that these corrections are all true! :)

[@BlueberryFundip]

@@meghanmary4566 Suuuure

[@ash-bn2bh]

you are such an underrated youtuber, you need to make messed up merch so we can support you because this is my favorite series to date

[@JonSolo]

have some in the works right now!

[@Prim120]

Russian archeologists believed that the skeleton was Maria’s, but American archeologists proved that it was instead Anastasias. Some Russians still believe that the skeleton was of Maria or that there was no skeleton found of Maria, which is interesting considering Americans taught of the story was taught of it being Anastasia, or sometimes that she was never found at all. Shows the differences in culture, misconception, and the way that misinformation or late information can spread or be ignored/lost by the general public. The reason the bodies were found so late was a mixture of them being buried elsewhere and the 30 year period where archeologists were threatened into not looking into the Romanovs disappearances. Fun fact: Lenin, the famous leader of the original Bolshevik group, did not support the assassination of the children, and when asked he responded that the parents should be killed and the children should be sent off to live with relatives, most likely in England since there was still much tension between Austria and Russia due to both World War I and tensions previous - in fact, while Nicholas and Alexandra loved each other, their marriage was mainly accepted as a show of peace between the two countries, as Alexandra was Austrian royalty.

[@jamiemohan2049]

Americans didnt prove it was Anastasia. They challenged the claim that the missing skeleton was Maria. (If that's what you are speaking of). The Russians detailed why they believe the youngest body in 1991 was Anastasia and why they thought maria was missing. Their report on why they think maria was the missing one is far more convincing than the evidence Americans presented.

[@Prim120]

Jeromaline Mohan Check again. After multiple sets of DNA and bone structure analysis (ex. Anastasia’s younger age and thicker bone structure), American scientists came to the conclusion that the skeleton was, in fact, Anastasia’s and not Maria’s. The Russian investigation is often seen by historians as a joke due to the lack of DNA evidence and proper investigation techniques. I can send you the link to some thorough dissertations and analysis sheets that are publicly available if you so desire.

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@Prim120 No it ain't mate. The Americans didn't 'prove' anything at all. Neither side claimed to have 100% identified the remains.

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@Prim120 Individuals age at different rates, especially if born close to each other. The bones found in 2007 belong to a woman aged between 18 to 21 .....Anastasia was 17. However, as the scientists claimed themselves, this doesn't mean anything as Anastasia could have developed quick. The facial reconstruction on the 1991 grave showed the youngest body in the grace was likely Anastasia. This skull belonging to this victim was the most intact compared to the other skulls found in 1991. Using real life photos of the Romanov children bald back to front made this very easy. None of the skulls fit Maria's facial features nor skull dimension. Though some have claimed this body cannot be Anastasia as the height was listed as 5'7 (more in par with Maria's height) while Anastasia was between 5'0 to 5'2. Though the anthropologists claimed the height is an estimate and can easily be wrong. Too many factors. Neither side proved anything at all.

[@jamiemohan2049]

@@Prim120 DNA cannot tell you which sister is which. All it can do is tell you they are Romanovs, sisters with each other and the other bodies and offspring of Nicholas and Alexandra. Besides that, DNA analysis cannot prove who is who.

[@dangosandlemons]

"May God bless and keep the Tsar... FAR AWAY FROM US!" Fiddler on the roof stans pls get the reference

[@jameshoward5859]

I would love to know the origins of The queen of hearts baked some tarts

[@JenniferJones-hw9wu]

Hi Jon. Another history nerd here. Just wanted to say I love your content. But, Catherine the Great was not a Romanov. She was German, born in Prussia. She married Peter III, who was a Romanov, then took power and overthrew him. Also, there were rumors at the time that none of Catherine's children were Peter's, so the actual Romanov line possibly ended right there! I just found that interesting. Thanks for the great video!

[@sarahmurray1377]

Do u watch extra history?

[@meg_2087]

@@sarahmurray1377 I think it's extra credit

[@cherries_and_wine]

Yeah, there was a joke, that Alexander III, grandson of Catherine ordered to investigate rumors of Pavel being son of Saltykov. When he was told, that it was true, he replied "Thanks God, we're Russian!". And then he was told no, Peter III was the father, he replied "Thanks God, we're legitimate!"

[@Noname-zx4xj]

"Far away, long ago Once upon a December......"

[@tibaazher2792]

This is kind of funny because I was born in December !

[@arinecarmichael2396]

I always cry when I hear this song 😳😭

[@aariannawright5078]

Mona Mona That song...it makes me emotional for some reason

[@warsthemarvel8608]

Tiba Azher same here!

[@sarmaangel]

Anastasia was my favorite movie as a child and I recently found out my oldest sister was goes to be named Anastasia.

[@conconcrete]

This is one of my favorite history subjects to study, i love reading stories about the romanovs and the movie made me sad that it wasnt true

[@theodoremacewko7757]

"tsar feodore IV": what would you do if I told you that tsar nicholas had secret grandchildren? Support a rival eastern union under myself including russia and bellorussia and ukraine

[@Kaiserland111]

Just FYI, Anastasia's name being Greek CANNOT be a punishment as was stated in the video because most Russian names are foreign in origin, including the name of Anastasia's older sisters Tatiana (Roman) and Maria (Roman), her brother Aleksey (Greek), her father Nicholas (Greek), etc. The majority of Russian names are derived from Byzantine, Greek, or Roman names because of the early relationship between the Kievan Rus' and the Byzantine Empire due to the missions of Saints Cyril and Methodius, who introduced Byzantine ideas and religion to the Slavs.

[@kei8620]

Yeah they just named her that cause it means resurrection, not as a fucking punishment lmao. There are so many slav names of Greek origin.

[@robertnorthup8583]

Liking the longer length videos.

[@JonSolo]

GREAT to hear! A lot of the stories I still want to cover have got rich backstories we can lose ourselves in like this one. I'm happy you guys don't this was too long :)

[@everyojanniromerosifuentes242]

Hey sexi

[@insanelydead7451]

Yes! New episode of Messed up Origins! I clicked the link as soon as I say the upload, who cares what I was watching before, I can always watch it later.

[@JonSolo]

:D thanks for coming thru! Hope you liked it Zane

[@sandrixhozart7838]

That's me right there took a break of other videos an dishes

[@amandastephanie8989]

Do Robin Hood!!

[@bellajauregui7106]

I think he did

[@usoppfangirl8153]

Ra~ ra~ Rasputin, lover of the Russian Queen~

[@smartman8699]

100 years in the future Movie about the kardashians Jon solo: the messed up origins of the kardashians

[@two4181]

Underrated comment

[@antonibalasz1522]

lol

[@stephanienader7604]

MY DIAMOND EARRINGS

[@liltagsjam3137]

@@stephanienader7604 LOL

[@scissorluv4583]

Wouldn't Jon solo be dead by then- or be retired or something

[@iheae]

Did anyone notice he disliked his own video when he pulled up the "The messed up origins of Frozen" video? Just me?

[@sofiarou7603]

Lmao yea I saw that

[@davisowens6482]

YEESSS. I LOVED THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS LITTLE!!!!! *This might have to be my favorite messed up origins. This or The hunch back of notre dame.*

[@bookwormjade565]

I have been waiting for this Messed Up Origin on Anastasia. Oh, it's more savage than the Fox and the Hound!! Gosh, I hope you'll do the video of Anastasia Imposters! I would love to know more of this history! Thanks again, Jon! I shot back at ya! 😜

[@kincaidmccawley8245]

The moment you realize black widow was related to anastatia

[@greysonholtz]

... am I missing something..? Someone explain

[@Ari-vc5lg]

Zødïåç x Møõn ok, just checked black widow’s name is Natasha romanoff.

[@greysonholtz]

Serenitari ._. Oh LOL! Thx for explaining xd

[@K_610]

Lol I was thinking that the entire time. Also in the Anastasia movie she has red hair and black widow is also a red head. Coincidence??

[@greysonholtz]

K I THINK *NOT*

[@greekgeek6346]

Nicky was the wrong ruler at the wrong time, Speaking about Nick, yes, he was a bit prickly and a bit of a disappointment, but was he ever truly meant for it, it’s like Queen Elizabeth’s father saying that he had the birthright when in reality, it went like this. “You’ve lost your dad, your brother took up the throne for some chick, and now your king... Thoughts?” *Dies in Royal* *Throws a fit* See what I mean? What are your opinions? I want to know because although I care more about him, he really wasn’t that much meant for it tbh.

[@Metallicjoe]

Wasn't Rasputin from Siberia (part of russia) and not Serbia (a country in the balkans)

[@fluffy7804]

Sincere Machine That's what I've been thinking about. People have mistaken Siberia, Syria and Serbia for one another so many times by now, that i'm not even surpried. 😂

[@sinandcyanide7505]

Yes, it was Siberia.

[@kelliefinch]

It should be noted, too, that when they did the autopsy on Rasputin, they found water in his lungs, so despite all of those efforts, the thing he actually died from was drowning.

[@shewolfsiren]

My mom actually got to meet Anna Anderson when she was still a schoolgirl. Her opinion of Anna is one I agree with. Anna honestly believed she was Anastasia, and she knew things that only someone who lived in the palace would know. So she wasn’t an imposter per say, just a case of mistaken self-identity.

[@kasperkankkunen8664]

Anastasia is not a Disney film. It's Don Bluth's masterpiece.

[@moniquelj84]

Best one yet! I knew alot of this info already because Im'ma nerd like you. And as always ... Nerds shots first.

[@shawndadickerson9206]

It aint nothing to do with you being a nerd you was taught different from the rest of the crowd so.stop it

[@BoxershortsHeros]

Shawnda Dickerson thank you

[@Nightingale_007]

The pictures scared the hell out of me. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@venusxaino]

I think the grand duchesses were very beautiful! Especially Tatiana

[@IslamOriginal14]

Its horrific bc you are looking at a family in moments of time in which they didn't know they were cursed and to be entirely massacred.

[@Gerwald_Lanzer]

I'm disappointed you didn't mention 'In The Dark Of The Night' as it's perhaps the best and most underrated villain song in movie history

[@wronglayerbutok]

Yes, it totally is!! I wish it was on spotify

[@Who-Dunnit]

Definitely. I broke into song (specifically the bridge) once when i was playing with my cousins. "COME MY MINIONS, RISE FOR YOUR MASTER, LET YOUR EVIL SHIIIINE"....My mom put me in time out and lectured me about satan and stuff.

[@Fosfor9]

@@wronglayerbutok There's a cover by Jonathan Young there. It's amazing. Not the original but you might enjoy it.

[@niamhcostello4766]

It's my favourite villain song

[@tuckermcclintock4957]

Anastasia is better than Lion King anyways

[@DiscoTimelordASD]

At least Anastasia's remains were finally found in the end.