What's the realy story of Anastasia?

Question

I know the story from the disney movie, but obviously that's fictional. lol. so can anyone tell me the real deal with Anastasia?

Answer 1

She was a Russian princess who died when the Bolshevicks murdered her entire family.. However her body wasn't recovered so throughout time there has been countless women trying to claim that they are her... But tests prove otherwise. Recently however i read an article that her body was found.. Don't know how true that is!

Answer 2

A Polish woman claimed to be Anastasia until her death.  DNA tests proved she wasn't.

They never recovered all the bones of the Romanov family.  Thats why rumours persisted for many years that Anastasis had somehow survived.

You might find the link very interesting.

http://www.answers.com/topic/anastasia-n...

Answer 3

USA Today, I believe a ran a story a few weeks ago about this.  She was Tsar Nicholas' daughter.  She was murdered along with the rest of her family by the Communists.  Her body, and her brother Alexi's, were not recovered and so rumors abounded that she survived and several women claimed to be her, as stated above.  The USA Today story told of how her and Alexi's body have finally been found. and have been confirmed as them.  They are related by blood to some of the royals in other countries and the DNA tests confirmed their identity.  Their bodies were buried in a different grave several hundred yards away in an attempt to confuse people loyal to the Tsar who might find their grave.  The loyalist knew that 11 people had been mudered, so if they found a grave with only 9, they might not know it was the Romaovs.  They found the grave site after re-reading some of the murderer's diary's looking for clues.

Answer 4

http://www.alexanderpalace.org/anastasia...

Answer 5

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova (June 18,1901 — July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna.

When Anastasia was born, her parents and extended family were disappointed to have a fourth daughter. Tsar Nicholas II went for a long walk to compose himself before going to visit Tsarina Alexandra and the newborn Anastasia for the first time. One meaning of her name is "the breaker of chains" or "the prison opener." The fourth grand duchess received her name because, in honor of her birth, her father pardoned and reinstated students who had been imprisoned for participating in riots in St. Petersburg and Moscow the previous winter.

Another meaning of the name is "of the resurrection," a fact often alluded to later in stories about her rumored survival. Anastasia's title is most precisely translated as "Grand Princess," meaning that Anastasia, as an "Imperial Highness" was higher in rank than other Princesses in Europe who were "Royal Highnesses."

The Tsar's children were raised as simply as possible. They slept on hard camp cots without pillows, except when they were ill, took cold baths in the morning, and were expected to tidy their rooms and do needlework to be sold at various charity events when they were not otherwise occupied. Most in the household, including the servants, generally called the Grand Duchess by her first name and patronym, Anastasia Nikolaevna, and did not use her title or "Her Imperial Highness." She was occasionally called by the French version of her name, "Anastasie," or by the Russian nicknames "Nastya," "Nastas," or "Nastenka." Other family nicknames for Anastasia were "Malenkaya," meaning "little (one)," or "shvibzik," the Russian word for "imp."

Living up to her nicknames, young Anastasia grew into a vivacious and energetic child, described as short and inclined to be chubby, with blue eyes and reddish-blonde hair.

She is presumed to have been murdered with her family on July 17, 1918, by forces of the Bolshevik secret police. However, rumors have persisted of her possible escape since 1918.

Several women have claimed to have been Anastasia, the most famous of whom was Anna Anderson. Anderson's body was cremated upon her death in 1984. Despite support for her claim from several people who knew Anastasia, DNA testing in 1994 on pieces of Anderson's tissue and hair showed no relation to DNA of the Grand Duchess.

Russian archaeologist announced the discovery of two burned, partial skeletons at a bonfire site near Yekaterinburg that appeared to match the site described in Yurovsky's memoirs. Tests are still being conducted on the remains to determine whether they are the remains of the two missing Romanov children.

There were some debates whether it was Anastasia's remains or her sister Maria's remains that were found in 1991, however, since all eleven remains are found now, it is only a question of which sister it belongs to.

In 1991, bodies believed to be those of the Imperial Family and their servants were finally exhumed from a mass grave in the woods outside Yekaterinburg. Once opened, the excavators realized that instead of eleven sets of remains the grave held only nine. Alexei and Anastasia's bodies were missing from the family's grave.

Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duche...