Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia,
Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova (
June 18,
1901 -
July 16,
1918) was the youngest daughter of Emperor
Nicholas II of Russia and
Empress Alexandra. She was said to have been sometimes cruelly good at impersonations and to possess a sharp sarcastic wit. She also suffered from the medical condition
hallux valgus, which affected the joints of her two big toes.
She is believed to have been assassinated along with the rest of her family in the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg on July 17, 1918.
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."
The possible survival of Anastasia has also been the subject of several films. Although the earliest such film was made in 1928 and the most recent a historically inaccurate 1997 musical animated film Anastasia[?], the most famous is probably the 1956 Anastasia[?] starring Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes.
Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia,
Anastasia Mikhailovna Romanova (
July 28,
1860 -
March 11,
1922) was the daughter of
Grand Duke Mikhail of Russia[?]. She was married to
Grand Duke Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin[?].
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