Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, in Russian: ??????? ?????? ????????? ??????????) Anuska or Nastya (June 18, 1901 – July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse. She was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia and Grand Duchess Maria of Russia. She was an older sister of Tsarevich Alexei of Russia.

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Russian - June 18 - 1901 - July 17 - 1918 - Daughter - Nicholas II of Russia - Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse - Grand Duchess Olga of Russia - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia - Grand Duchess Maria of Russia - Tsarevich Alexei of Russia

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She shared her name with Tsaritsa Anastasia of Russia. She and her older sister Maria were known as "The Little Pair" and also shared a room together like their two older sisters. She was said to have been sometimes cruelly good at impersonations and to possess a sharp wit for sarcastic jokes. She was known as Shvibzik, or "Imp". She also suffered from the medical condition hallux valgus, which affected the joints of her two big toes.

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Anastasia of Russia - Wit - Imp - Hallux valgus

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She was executed along with the rest of her family in the cellar room of the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg on July 17, 1918. The execution was carried out by forces of the Bolshevik secret police under Yakov Yurovsky.

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Ekaterinburg - July 17 - 1918 - Bolshevik - Yakov Yurovsky

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Although rumors of her survival had persisted for several decades, DNA testing in 1994 on the bodies executed in Ekaterinburg have established that they were indeed the Romanovs, although two bodies - those of Alexei and one of the daughters (variously said to be Anastasia, Tatiana or Maria) - were missing, likely because they had been cremated.

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DNA testing - 1994 - Cremated

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She has been impersonated on several occasions. The two most famous instances were an American woman named Eugenia Smith and a woman calling herself "Anna Anderson."

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Eugenia Smith - Anna Anderson

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In 2000, she and her family were canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church.

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2000 - Canonized - Russian Orthodox Church

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