The Last Tsar of Russia

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The Last Tsar of Russia

• By Allie Miller

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Romanov History

• The Romanovs ruled for a little over 300 years
• Anastasias Great Grandfather Alexander II freed
  serfs land workers.
• 1881, Alexander II died in a carriage bombing.
• Alexander III (Grandfather) believed in autocracy
  and persecuted minorities.

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Anastasia

• Anastasia was a funny and outgoing child.
• She loved to play practical jokes and pranks.
• She was the most intelligent and mischievous of
  her family.
• She was the youngest daughter.

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Anastasias Family

• Anastasia had three older sisters Olga,
  Tatiana, and Marie.
• She also had a younger brother, the tsarevich
  Alexei. He had Hemophilia, that means that his
  blood didnt clot properly.
• She had a mom, Alexandria, and dad, Nicholas.
• The family had 2 dogs, Jemmy and Shipka. (both
  spaniels.)

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Facts

• They lived most of their lives at the Alexander
  Palace in Tsarkoe Selo.
• Alexandra was born a German princess.
• Most Russians believed Alexandra to be sour and
  unpleasant.
• The children were kept away from the outside
  world.
• Few people knew about Alexeis Disease.

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Rasputin

• Rasputin was born to a Siberian farmer.
• Most people who knew him believed him to be a
  drunk.
• One day he claimed that god had spoken to him. He
  was called to the palace to cure Alexei.
• He was killed by two of Nicholas relatives. He
  wrote a note to Nick saying If it was your
  relations that who have wrought my death then no
  one in your family will live for more than two
  years, they will be killed by the Russian
  people. before he died.

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Revolution Rebellions

• Nicholas listened too much to his advisors, he
  followed in his fathers foot steps and
  persecuted minorities.
• In 1905, workers petitioned the tsar and where
  fired at by soldiers, this day is called Bloody
  Sunday

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Nick gives up his crown

• On March 20th, 1917, Nicholas returned home no
  longer the tsar of Russia.
• He had signed a document turning control over to
  the Duma, a small government in Russia.

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Imprisonment in the Palace

• For a long time nothing changed much for the
  family, Alexei and the Little pair (Anastasia
  and Marie) resumed lessons with their tutors,
  Olga kept her nose in a book, and Tatiana
  practiced the piano.
• On August 14th, 1917, the family boarded a train
  bound for Siberia.

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Siberia

• They lived in a large, white house in Tobolsk,
  Siberia.
• In April, 1918, a train with Nicholas, Alexandra,
  and Marie left for Moscow for trial.
• Along the way the train was stopped by Bolshevik
  officials and they were taken to a new prison.
• The new prison was in Ekaterinburg.
• The windows were white-washed, the jailors
  ransacked their luggage, their food was often
  black bread and tea, or watery soup. The jailor
  were rude and abusive, and they had no privacy
  since all the doors, including the bathroom and
  bedrooms, had been removed.

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Death

• In the middle of the night on June 16th the
  family was awakened and told there was an unrest
  in the town, they would have to go to the cellar
  for there own protection.
• The commander came in with eleven soldiers. The
  commander read from a piece of paper stating that
  the family was going to be executed.
• The room erupted with gunfire. The girls had
  sewn diamonds into their corsets incase the
  family escaped so they would have money to live
  on, they jewels acted like shields and they
  bullets bounced off and flew around the room.
• After the first line of shooting was done all
  that was left was Anastasia and Marie crying and
  hugging each other against the wall.
• The room erupted again until all the crying had
  stopped.

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Remembrance

• On July 17th 1998, 80 years after their death,
  the Romanov family was being honored with a
  funeral.
• In 1991 the bones of the last imperial family had
  been found, except those of Anastasia and Alexei.

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Anna Anderson

• Anna Anderson had convinced many people that she
  was Anastasia, even people who had known
  Anastasia personally.
• When DNA tests were done after her death, she was
  found to be an imposter.
• Many people still want to believe that Anastasia
  Romanov survived that horrible night in the
  cellar.

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Credits

• Picture found on www.googleimages.com
• Information found in To be a Princess by Hugh
  Brewster and Laurie Coulter.
• And on www.royalty.nu

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Tatiana
Olga
Marie
The Last
Imperial Family of Russia
Anastasia
Alexei
Nick and Alex