Romanovs?

I've been fascinated by the Romanovs for a long time now. It was in junior high that I first read Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson and Nicholas and Alexandra. They started me on a quest to learn more about this family. When I read, I am a character. Maybe that's the actress in me...or maybe it's just the ME in me. I have a need to strongly identify with one character and read from there. I like Anastasia. She intrigues me. And, I'll openly admit that Anna Anderson has me firmly in her camp. I don't care what they say--I'm a believer.

You know the horribly tragic story, I'm sure. The royal family was taken captive in 1917 by the Bolsheviks, eventually transferred to Ekaterinburg, and finally executed along with their few remaining servants. But, things get a little murky. There are confusing and conflicting reports, many of which sound like flimsy excuses for incompetence. (Seriously--why would they bury two of the bodies in a different place? Why? And, even if they did, why those two? Why not the tsar and tsarevich? This separate burial scheme alone makes no sense. I won't even get started on all the inconsistencies and ridiculous suppositions that have been accepted by some as fact.)

There was a report in The Guardian yesterday as well as in other news sources about the finding of the potential remains of Tsarevitch Alexei Romanov and one of his sisters that have been missing since the rest of the family's remains were supposedly found. (There is controversy about whether or not the first set of bones actually belonged to the Tsar and his family.)

I don't really have a nice summation for this post. I think you should go and read the article. I think you should also go and read some of the original evidence about the last days of the Romanov family. (It was all saved--though not methodically or carefully--and notes from various parties involved are still available today.) You can read some historical fiction if your prefer and latch on to that, though, naturally, there is more author's pov to wade through in that genre than in non-fiction; although non-fiction doesn't mean unbiased. (The Romanov Prophecy is a quick-reading thriller. I didn't like The Kitchen Boy. Post your favs in the comments!) Then, you can decide for yourself.