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Why We're Still Obsessed With the Fate of Doomed Romanov Princess Anastasia
By Lissa Townsend Rodgers/ History/ Broadly/ broadly.vice.com
"July 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the murder of the youngest Grand Duchess of Russia, whose death inspired a string of legends, lawsuits, and women claiming to be “Anastasia.”
Since Anastasia Romanov and her family perished in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in 1917, her story has been told on Broadway and in Hollywood, by the Royal Ballet and Disney, in books ranging from scholarly treatises to romantic potboilers. But who was Anastasia? And why does her mystery still enthrall, even after it’s been solved?...."
A vintage postcard, published circa 1910, featuring the five children of Tsar Nicholas II and Queen Alexandra of Russia, left to right Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastasia with the young Grand Duke Alexei in front. Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images.
Richard
By Lissa Townsend Rodgers/ History/ Broadly/ broadly.vice.com
"July 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the murder of the youngest Grand Duchess of Russia, whose death inspired a string of legends, lawsuits, and women claiming to be “Anastasia.”
Since Anastasia Romanov and her family perished in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in 1917, her story has been told on Broadway and in Hollywood, by the Royal Ballet and Disney, in books ranging from scholarly treatises to romantic potboilers. But who was Anastasia? And why does her mystery still enthrall, even after it’s been solved?...."
A vintage postcard, published circa 1910, featuring the five children of Tsar Nicholas II and Queen Alexandra of Russia, left to right Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastasia with the young Grand Duke Alexei in front. Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images.
Richard