The four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, 1910s. Hearsay-fueled stories about her rumored survival, along with the many imposters purporting to be her-by some counts over 100 Anastasias have emerged-mean her tragic tale has morphed into a modern myth. The bodies of the family and their retainers were disfigured, mutilated, and either burned or buried in the forest.īut Anastasia refused to stay dead. They crushed the dog’s head with a rifle butt and tossed him into the truck with the dead. Anastasia, who had just turned 17, was among the last to die, according to later testimony from the Bolshevik firing squad. The family and their servants, arrayed against the far wall, were gunned down by about a dozen men. The White Army was nearing their location, desperate to free the czar. On July 17, 1918, Anastasia Romanov, holding her dog Jimmy, followed the family down the steps to the terrible cellar in Yekaterinburg, where they were told to wait. “Somewhere down this road/I know someone's waiting/Years of dreams just can't be wrong!/Arms will open wide/I'll be safe and wanted/Finally home where I belong.” -"Journey to the Past," Anastasia
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