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Anastasia and The Russia Revolution. Ansatsia's father. Nicholas II, Last Czar of Russia. Alexis is born! Son with Hemophilia. Winter Palace. Russian Peasants. Duma.
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Ansatsia's father Nicholas II, Last Czar of Russia
Duma The Duma (Russia’s government) knew that Russia was suffering from the damages of WWI, but the Czar brushed them aside and didn’t listen.
The Mystery of Anastasia Did Anastasia escape the brutal killing?
Baby Anastasia She was spunky and carefree, however , the family's troubles overtook Anastasia's teen years.
Anastasia remains a name of mystery. • Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in 1917 • 11 Bolshevik soldiers were shooting at the imperial family. • Historians believe that Anastasia might have notdied at all!
Stories and legends that are related to Anastasia
Story One: • a film called “Anastasia” , the film was based on the true Russian tragedy of the Romanov family. Anastasia is an engaging and fiery 18-year-old orphan. Torn from the royal Romanov family during the Russian Revolution, young "Anya" is left with no memory of her past. Anastasia
Story Two: • many people claimed to be Anastasia . • The most famous one was Anna Anderson. • Anderson claimed herself to be Anastasia who was supposed to be killed in 1917.
Anastasia, 1909 Anna Anderson 1959 • Anderson and Anastasia had physical similarities. • a foot deformity like Anastasia's . • Anthropologists found their faces to be very similar.
Evidence showing that Anna Anderson was not the real princess: • all the women who claimed to be Anastasia were proven false. • professor Riabov finds the remainders of the bones of the Romanovs . • skeletons together with Anna Anderson’s were tested by DNA . • genetic proof that Anna Anderson was really Franziska Schwanzkowska, a Polish worker.
Russian Revolution • Before 1917, Russia was an autocracy meaning the czar had complete power. • The last of the czars was Nicholas II Romanov • During WWI, Russia did not do well, millions of Russians were killed and citizens did not have enough food to eat. • The Czar and his family were captured and Russia’s government was overthrown.
Russia eventually turned into the Soviet Union a communist country • The leader of the Bolsheviks, the revolution and the Soviet Union was Vladimir Lenin