Happy 120th Birthday Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia

Waldina

English - June 19, 2021 01:06 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MB
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Today is the 120th birthday of Anastasia, the Russian duchess that was executed with her entire family, servants and dog by Bolsheviks led by Vladmir Lenin. Books and movies have been produced based on the chance that she somehow survived, but science has caught up and her remains have been confirmed along with the rest of her family. Still, who doesn’t love a good “princess in hiding” fairy tale?

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/06/18/happy-120th-birthday-grand-duchess-anastasia-nikolaevna-romanova-of-russia/

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