Historical Lies: The Truth About Anastasia, Princess of the Romanovs

In the wake of the Russian Revolution, the existence of a royal family was intolerable to the Bolsheviks. In 1918 they massacred the Romanov royal family – Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, son and four daughters – to ensure that no legitimate heir could re-emerge later and call on the public for support.

Rumors soon started that some members of the royal family had escaped and survived. As expected, suitors immediately appeared. "Ana Anderson" was the most famous. In 1920, Anderson was admitted to hospital after attempting suicide and admitted that she was Princess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the royal family. She stood out from the other suitors because she had a certain likeness and striking familiarity with the Russian royal family and court life.

Although some relatives and acquaintances who knew Anastasia believed Anderson, most did not. By 1927, a former roommate of Anderson's claimed that her name was Franziska Schanzkovska, not Anna and certainly not Anastasia. That didn't stop Anderson from enjoying the company of celebrities and trying to get into a royal court. She eventually lost the case in legal proceedings that dragged on for decades, but stood by her version until she died in 1984. Years later, with the discovery of what turned out to be the remains of the royal family, DNA tests confirmed it. Ana Anderson's lie. In 2009, experts finally managed to confirm that all the remains were found and that no family member escaped the execution in 1918. /Bota.al

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