Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess of Russia (1901–1918); fourth child and youngest daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)

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Lived 1901–1918, aged 17
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  • Era
    1901–1918
    Aged 17
  • Known for
    The Russian Revolution
    2017
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Updated 2026-06-08

She died at seventeen in a basement in Yekaterinburg, but for seventy years the world wasn't sure. The missing grave fed the rumor, the rumor fed the impostors, and the youngest daughter of the last tsar became more famous for the question of her survival than for the life she actually lived.

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Anastasia Nikolaevna was born in June 1901, the fourth daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna—younger sister to Olga, Tatiana, and Maria, older sister to the heir Alexei. On 17 July 1918, Bolsheviks murdered her and her family in Yekaterinburg. The burial site remained unknown for decades, and in that silence the rumors grew: perhaps she had escaped. Impostors emerged, most famously Anna Anderson, whose claim unraveled only after her death when DNA testing in 1994 proved no relation. The real grave came to light in 1991, three daughters' remains interred in 1998; Anastasia's bod…

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