Who was Anastasia Romanov?
Anastasia Romanova was the fourth and last daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feordorovna of Russia. She is correctly styled Her Imperial Highness The Grand Duchess (ranked above a Princess) Anastasia Nicolaievna. This means Anastasia the daughter of Nicolai (the Russian form of Nicholas). She was born on June 18 (as was Paul McCartney) in 1901 in St. Petersburg, then Imperial Russia. She had three older sisters, Olga, Tatiana, and Maria (also called Marie) and a little brother Alexei. She was about 5’1\” tall, her sister Tatiana was the tallest at about 5’8\”. She was the imp of the family and did many pranks. Her nickname was Shvibzik (meaning \”imp\” in Russian). Anastasia didn’t like school work, but was very good at art like her sisters. She liked taking photos with her family when they were on holidays and every place else. They loved being in motion pictures and they recorded themselves playing outside as well as dancing, roller skating, and playing on
She was 17 at the time of her death in Ekaterinburg in Siberia. About 6 months ago remains were found near where the Tsar’s bones were found. She DID die with her family in 1918 DNA tests in the 1990s on the remains found in a grave prove it was indeed Aanastasia. Therefore, Anna Anderson was not Anastasia.
