From left to right, Grand Duchesses Anastasia and Olga; Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarevich Alexei, Grand Duchesses Tatiana and Maria with Cossacks in 1916. Courtesy: Beinecke Library.
Members of the ruling Russian imperial family, the House of Romanov, were executed by a firing squad led by Yakov Yurovsky in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on July 17, 1918, during both the Russian Civil War and near the end of the First World War.
Afterwards, a number of people came forward claiming to have survived the execution. All were impostors, as the skeletal remains of the Imperial family have since been recovered and identified through DNA testing. To this day, a number of people still falsely claim to be members of the Romanov family, often using false titles of nobility or royalty.
Members of the ruling Russian imperial family, the House of Romanov, were executed by a firing squad led by Yakov Yurovsky in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on...
the murders fuelled rumors of survivors. Various Romanovimpostors claimed to be members of the Romanov family, which drew media attention away from activities...
Paul Fortress with Peter and Paul Cathedral, mausoleum of the RomanovsRomanovimpostors Ancestors of Nicholas II of Russia List of monarchs of Russia...
was often sought out by Romanovimpostors who claimed to be her dead relatives. She met Anna Anderson, the best-known impostor, in Berlin in 1925. After...
1997), also known as Eugenia Drabek Smetisko, was one of several Romanovimpostors who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of...
1994 on pieces of Anderson's tissue and hair showed no relation to the Romanov family. Anastasia was born on 18 June 1901. She was the fourth daughter...
the fate of the family allowed impostors to make spurious claims that they were a surviving Romanov. Most of the impostors were dismissed; however, Anna...
(Cécile Czapska) (Bucharest 2 January 1899 – 1 December 1970) was a Romanovimpostor who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Maria, daughter of Tsar Nicholas...
concluded that she was not related to the Romanovs. Romanovimpostors Cook, Andrew (2012). The Murder of the Romanovs. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4456-0796-2...
Therefore, all the Romanovs have now been accounted for, disproving claims of survival. Romanovimpostors Look alike Michael Occleshaw, The Romanov Conspiracies:...
identified through DNA testing, confirming Anches was an imposter. Romanovimpostors "Michelle Anches". Archived from the original on 23 October 2016....
The Romanov Family Association (RFA, freqently written as Romanoff; Russian: Объедине́ние чле́нов рода́ Рома́новых, romanized: Obyedinéniye chlénov rodá...
that she was Anastasia, she was completely sane." Romanovimpostors Massie, Robert K. (1995). The Romanovs: The Final Chapter. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-58048-7...
took interest in Olga as the "last Romanov", and visited their small home, which was also a magnet for Romanovimpostors whom both Kulikovsky and Olga considered...
Romuald Spasowski Józef Światło Romanovimpostors List of Eastern Bloc defectors Massie, Robert K. (1995). The Romanovs: The Final Chapter. Random House...
Brimeyer died of HIV/AIDS in Madrid, aged 48, on 27 January 1995. Romanovimpostors Bruce Conde "ALEXIS d'ANJOU de BOURBON-CONDE: Spanish Prince". The...
after they were married and a judge ordered their marriage. Romanovimpostors Maria Romanov and Granny Alina National archives of South Africa George Negus...
enemy” and forced to leave the country. She later lived in Spain, where she died in 1982 from an unknown disease. Romanovimpostors Maddess Aiort v t e...
who claimed to be Tsarevich Alexei Romanov in the mid-1920s, was one of the first in a long line of Romanovimpostors to emerge from various parts of the...
1940s and 1950s. He claimed to be a member of Russia's royal House of Romanov (sometimes spelled "Romanoff" in English). This was widely known to be...
Boris defrauded prominent Russian families by asking for money for a Romanovimpostor to escape to China. Boris also found young women willing to masquerade...
Brussels and the BFI National Film and Television archive London. Romanovimpostors Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova American Film Institute...
Alexei of Russia and was arrested by the OGPU in 1928; see Romanovimpostors#Alexei impostors This disambiguation page lists articles about people with...
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