Once upon a time… I’m not sure Catherine herself would agree with the fairy tale the Hermitage makes her life out to be. Sure, she rose to be the most powerful woman in Russia, despite her birth as an insignificant German princess, but to get there and to stay there, I am sure it cost [read more]
The History of the House of Romanov, which ruled Russia for over 300 years, is to be made into a television series. The series is to be called ‘The Age of Prosperity’ and is set to be Russia’s answer to ‘Game of Thrones’. Each season is to have 12 episodes and the first episodes are [read more]
It has been announced that a new expert group will be formed to examine all the remains of Russian royal family. They will perform a comprehensive examination including further DNA testing. This was done at the request of the Investigative Committee.
The remains of Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria have been transferred to Novospassky Monastery. The monastery has a special connection to the Romanov family. Xenia Shestova, who was the mother of the first Romanov Tsar is buried there with Princess Tarakanova, a pretender who claimed to be the only daughter of Empress Elisabeth, and [read more]
Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was born on 23 September 1781 in Bern to Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Augusta Caroline Reuss of Ebersdorf. If that name rings a bell, Juliane was the aunt of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and she was thus also the sister of [read more]
The shrine of Emperor Alexander III of Russia was opened last Tuesday to take DNA-samples. These will be sent to Moscow to be studied and are a part of the criminal probe into the death of the last Russian Imperial family. The remains of Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria were found separate from the [read more]
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