Family of the Romanovs. Royal blood: how the youngest descendants of the Romanovs live

More and more people are talking about the Romanov dynasty today. Her story can be read like a detective story. And its origin, and the history of the coat of arms, and the circumstances of accession to the throne: all this still causes ambiguous interpretations.

Prussian origin of the dynasty

The ancestor of the Romanov dynasty is considered to be the boyar Andrei Kobyla at the court of Ivan Kalita and his son Simeon the Proud. We know almost nothing about his life and origins. Chronicles mention him only once: in 1347 he was sent to Tver for the bride of Grand Duke Simeon the Proud, daughter of Prince Alexander Mikhailovich of Tver.

Having found himself at the time of the unification of the Russian state with a new center in Moscow in the service of the Moscow branch of the princely dynasty, he thus chose the “golden ticket” for himself and his family. Genealogists mention his numerous descendants, who became the ancestors of many noble Russian families: Semyon Zherebets (Lodygins, Konovnitsyns), Alexander Elka (Kolychevs), Gavriil Gavsha (Bobrykins), Childless Vasily Vantei and Fyodor Koshka - the ancestor of the Romanovs, Sheremetevs, Yakovlevs, Goltyaevs and Bezzubtsev. But the origin of the Mare itself remains a mystery. According to the Romanov family legend, he traced his lineage to the Prussian kings.

When a gap is formed in the genealogies, it provides an opportunity for their falsification. In the case of noble families, this is usually done with the aim of either legitimizing their power or gaining extra privileges. As in this case. White spot in the genealogies of the Romanovs was filled in the 17th century under Peter I by the first Russian king of arms, Stepan Andreyevich Kolychev. The new history corresponded to the “Prussian legend” fashionable even under the Rurikovichs, which was aimed at confirming the position of Moscow as the successor of Byzantium. Since the Varangian origin of Rurik did not fit into this ideology, the founder of the princely dynasty became the 14th descendant of a certain Prus, the ruler of ancient Prussia, a relative of Emperor Augustus himself. Following them, the Romanovs "rewrote" their history.

A family tradition, later recorded in the "General Armorial of the Noble Families of the All-Russian Empire", says that in the year 305 from the Nativity of Christ, the Prussian king Pruteno gave the kingdom to his brother Veydevut, and he himself became high priest of his pagan tribe in the city of Romanov, where an evergreen sacred oak grew.

Before his death, Veidewut divided his kingdom among his twelve sons. One of them was Nedron, whose clan owned a part of modern Lithuania (Samogit lands). His descendants were the brothers Russingen and Glanda Kambila, who were baptized in 1280, and in 1283 Kambila came to Russia to serve the Moscow prince Daniil Alexandrovich. After baptism, he began to be called Mare.

Who fed False Dmitry?

The personality of False Dmitry is one of the biggest mysteries of Russian history. Apart from the unresolvable question of the identity of the impostor, his "shadow" accomplices remain a problem. According to one version, the Romanovs, who fell into disgrace under Godunov, had a hand in the plot of False Dmitry, and the eldest descendant of the Romanovs, Fedor, the pretender to the throne, was tonsured a monk.

Adherents of this version believe that the Romanovs, Shuiskys and Golitsins, dreaming of the "Monomakh's hat", organized a conspiracy against Godunov, using the mysterious death of the young Tsarevich Dmitry. They prepared their pretender to the royal throne, known to us as False Dmitry, and led the coup on June 10, 1605. After, having dealt with their main rival, they themselves joined the struggle for the throne. Subsequently, after the accession of the Romanovs, their historians did everything to connect the massacre of the Godunov family exclusively with the personality of False Dmitry, and leave the hands of the Romanovs clean.

Secret Zemsky Cathedral 1613

The election of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov to the kingdom was simply doomed to be covered with a thick layer of myths. How did it happen that in a country torn apart by turmoil, a young, inexperienced youth was elected to the kingdom, who at the age of 16 was not distinguished by either military talent or a sharp political mind? Of course, the future tsar had an influential father, Patriarch Filaret, who himself once aimed for the tsar's throne. But during the Zemsky Sobor, he was a prisoner of the Poles and could hardly have somehow influenced the process. According to the generally accepted version, the decisive role was played by the Cossacks, who at that time represented a powerful force to be reckoned with. Firstly, under False Dmitry II, they and the Romanovs ended up in “the same camp”, and secondly, they were certainly satisfied with the young and inexperienced prince, who did not pose a danger to their liberties, which they inherited during times of unrest.

The bellicose cries of the Cossacks forced Pozharsky's adherents to propose a two-week break. During this time, a wide agitation in favor of Mikhail unfolded. For many boyars, he also represented an ideal candidate, which would allow them to keep power in their hands. The main argument put forward was that the allegedly deceased Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich, before his death, wanted to transfer the throne to his relative Fyodor Romanov (Patriarch Filaret). And since he languished in Polish captivity, the crown passed to his only son, Michael. As the historian Klyuchevsky later wrote, "they wanted to choose not the most capable, but the most convenient."

Defunct coat of arms

In the history of the dynastic coat of arms of the Romanovs, there are no less white spots than in the history of the dynasty itself. For some reason, for a long time, the Romanovs did not have their own coat of arms at all, they used the state emblem, with the image of a double-headed eagle, as a personal one. Their own family coat of arms was created only under Alexander II. By that time, the heraldry of the Russian nobility had practically taken shape, and only the ruling dynasty did not have its own coat of arms. It would be inappropriate to say that the dynasty did not have much interest in heraldry: even under Alexei Mikhailovich, the “Tsar's Titular” was published - a manuscript containing portraits of Russian monarchs with the emblems of the Russian lands.

Perhaps such loyalty to the double-headed eagle is due to the need for the Romanovs to show the legitimate succession from the Rurikids and, most importantly, from the Byzantine emperors. As you know, starting with Ivan III, they begin to talk about Russia as the successor of Byzantium. Moreover, the king married Sophia Paleolog, the granddaughter of the last Byzantine emperor Constantine. They adopted the symbol of the Byzantine double-headed eagle as their family crest.

In any case, this is just one of many versions. It is not known for certain why the ruling branch of the vast empire, which was related to the noblest houses of Europe, so stubbornly ignored the heraldic orders that had been developing over the centuries.

The long-awaited appearance of the Romanovs' own coat of arms under Alexander II only added to the questions. The then King of Arms Baron B.V. took up the development of the imperial order. Ken. The ensign of the governor Nikita Ivanovich Romanov, who at one time was the main oppositionist Alexei Mikhailovich, was taken as the basis. More precisely, its description, since the banner itself had already been lost by that time. It depicted a golden griffin on a silver background with a small black eagle with raised wings and lion heads on its tail. Perhaps Nikita Romanov borrowed it in Livonia during the Livonian War.

The new coat of arms of the Romanovs was a red griffin on a silver background, holding a golden sword and a tarch topped with a small eagle; on a black border are eight severed lion heads; four gold and four silver. First, the changed color of the griffin is striking. Historians of heraldry believe that Quesnay decided not to go against the rules established at that time, which forbade placing a golden figure on a silver background, with the exception of the coats of arms of such highest persons as the Pope. Thus, by changing the color of the griffin, he lowered the status of the family coat of arms. Or the “Livonian version” played a role, according to which Kene emphasized the Livonian origin of the coat of arms, since in Livonia from the 16th century there was a reverse combination of coat of arms colors: a silver griffin on a red background.

There is still a lot of controversy about the symbolism of the Romanov coat of arms. Why is so much attention paid to lion heads, and not to the figure of an eagle, which, according to historical logic, should be in the center of the composition? Why is it with lowered wings, and what, in the end, is the historical background of the Romanov coat of arms?

Peter III - the last Romanov?

As you know, the Romanov family was interrupted by the family of Nicholas II. However, some believe that the last ruler of the Romanov dynasty was Peter III. The young infantile emperor did not have a relationship with his wife at all. Catherine told in her diaries how anxiously she waited for her husband on their wedding night, and he came and fell asleep. This continued further - Peter III did not have any feelings for his wife, preferring her to his favorite. But the son, Pavel, was still born, many years after the marriage.

Rumors about illegitimate heirs are not uncommon in the history of world dynasties, especially in times of trouble for the country. So here the question arose: is it true that Paul is the son Peter III? Or the first favorite of Catherine, Sergei Saltykov, took part in this.

A significant argument in favor of these rumors was that the imperial couple had not had children for many years. Therefore, many believed that this union was completely fruitless, which the empress herself hinted at, mentioning in her memoirs that her husband suffered from phimosis.

Information that Sergei Saltykov could be Pavel's father is also present in Catherine's diaries: could not compare with him at court ... He was 25 years old, in general and by birth, and in many other qualities he was an outstanding gentleman ... I did not give in all spring and part of the summer. The result was not long in coming. September 20, 1754 Catherine gave birth to a son. Only from whom: from her husband Romanov, or from Saltykov?

The choice of the name of the members of the ruling dynasty has always played an important role in political life countries. Firstly, with the help of names, intra-dynastic relations were often emphasized. So, for example, the names of the children of Alexei Mikhailovich were supposed to emphasize the connection of the Romanovs with the Rurik dynasty. Under Peter and his daughters, they showed a close relationship within the ruling branch (despite the fact that this did not correspond at all to the real situation in the imperial family). But under Catherine the Great, a completely new order of names was introduced. The former tribal affiliation gave way to another factor, among which political played a significant role. Her choice was based on the semantics of the names, going back to the Greek words: “people” and “victory”.

Let's start with Alexander. The name of the eldest son of Paul was given in honor of Alexander Nevsky, although another invincible commander, Alexander the Great, was also implied. About her choice, she wrote the following: “You say: Catherine wrote to Baron F. M. Grimm, that he will have to choose who to imitate: a hero (Alexander the Great) or a saint (Alexander Nevsky). You don't seem to know that our saint was a hero. He was a courageous warrior, a firm ruler and a clever politician and surpassed all other specific princes, his contemporaries ... So, I agree that Mr. Alexander has only one choice, and it depends on his personal talents which path he will take - holiness or heroism ".

The reasons for choosing the name Konstantin, unusual for Russian tsars, are even more interesting. They are connected with the idea of ​​Catherine's "Greek project", which implied the defeat Ottoman Empire and the restoration of the Byzantine state, led by her second grandson.

It is not clear, however, why the third son of Paul received the name Nicholas. Obviously, he was named after the most revered saint in Russia - Nicholas the Wonderworker. But this is just a version, since there is no explanation for this choice in the sources.

Catherine had nothing to do only with the choice of a name for the youngest son of Paul - Michael, who was born after her death. Here the father's long-standing passion for chivalry has already played a role. Mikhail Pavlovich was named in honor of the Archangel Michael, the leader of the heavenly host, the patron of the emperor-knight.

Four names: Alexander, Konstantin, Nikolai and Mikhail - formed the basis of the new imperial names of the Romanovs.

HALF I CAN CONFIRM OFFICIALLY. THERE IS AN INTERESTING OBJECT IN MOSCOW.

STALIN'S COTTAGES. TERESHKOV'S WEDDING WITH NIKOLAEV WERE PLAYED THERE. ALEXEY KOSYGIN HAPPENED FREQUENTLY. NEAR KREMLYOVKA - HOSPITAL OF EXTRA CLASS. WHAT DO I DO WITH HERE? I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO. HERE IS MY GRANDPA.

PROTECTED BY YOUTH THIS OBJECT. WHEREAS, MY GREAT-GRANDPAD, WHO HAVE BEEN THERE OFTEN, WAS ARRANGING IT HERE.

BUT THIS IS ALREADY MY FAMILY STORIES. THEY SAW NICHOLAS THERE, AND, KOSYGIN, BY THE WAY.

REAL EPISODE - KOSYGIN COME TO MY MOTHER'S WEDDING. GIVED RARE KALA (HUGE BOUQUET). MILO CONGRATULATED AND LEFT. IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOLSHEVIK WITH WHICH I WAS FRIENDS. VERSION INTERESTING. OUR RELATIVE VALENTINA CHURUSOVA WAS THE PERSONAL NURSE OF ALEXEY KOSYGIN. YES, HEMOPHILIA. BUT IN A SMOOTHED FORM.

RARE DISEASE. DISEASE OF KINGS. AGREE?

ON THE INJECTIONS HE WAS CONSTANTLY.

MAYBE THE MYSTERY WILL BE REVEALED SOMETIME.

History, like a venal girl, lies under every new "king". That's recent history our country corresponded many times. "Responsible" and "unbiased" historians rewrote biographies and changed the fate of people in the Soviet and post-Soviet period.

But today access to many archives is open. Conscience is the only key. What bit by bit gets to people does not leave indifferent those who live in Russia. Those who want to be proud of their country and raise their children as patriots of their native land.

In Russia, historians are a dime a dozen. If you throw a stone, you will almost always hit one of them. But only 14 years have passed, and real story the last century no one can establish.

Modern henchmen of Miller and Baer rob Russians in all directions. Either, mocking Russian traditions, they will start a carnival in February, or they will bring an outright criminal under the Nobel Prize.

And then we wonder: why is it in a country with the richest resources and cultural heritage, such a poor people?

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Abdication of Nicholas II

Emperor Nicholas II did not abdicate the Throne. This act is a "fake". It was compiled and printed on a typewriter by the Quartermaster General of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief A.S. Lukomsky and the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the General Staff N.I. Basili.

This printed text was signed on March 2, 1917, not by Sovereign Nicholas II Alexandrovich Romanov, but by the Minister of the Imperial Court, Adjutant General, Baron Boris Frederiks.

After 4 days, the Orthodox Tsar Nicholas II was betrayed by the top of the Russian Orthodox Church, misleading the whole of Russia by the fact that, seeing this fake act, the clergy passed it off as a real one. And they transmitted by telegraph to the entire Empire and beyond its borders that the Sovereign supposedly abdicated the Throne!

March 6, 1917 Holy Synod Russian Orthodox Church listened to two reports. The first is the act on March 2, 1917, on the "renunciation" of the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas II for himself and for his son from the Throne of the Russian State and on the resignation of the Supreme Power. The second is the act on March 3, 1917 on the refusal of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich of the perception of the Supreme Power.

After the hearings, until the establishment in the Constituent Assembly of the form of government and the new fundamental laws of the Russian State, it was ORDERED:

“The aforementioned acts should be taken into account and executed and announced in all Orthodox churches, in urban ones on the first day after receiving the text of these acts, and in rural areas on the first Sunday or holiday, after Divine Liturgy, with the performance of a prayer to the Lord God for the pacification of passions, with the proclamation of many years to the God-protected Power of the Russian and its Blessed Provisional Government.

And although the top of the generals of the Russian Army for the most part consisted of Jews, but the middle officer corps and several higher ranks of the generals, such as Fyodor Arturovich Keller, did not believe this fake and decided to go to the rescue of the Sovereign.

From that moment, the division of the Army began, which turned into a Civil War!

The priesthood and the whole of Russian society split.

But the Rothschilds achieved the main thing - they removed Her Legitimate Sovereign from governing the country, and began to finish off Russia.

After the revolution, all the bishops and priests who betrayed the Tsar suffered death or dispersion around the world for perjury before the Orthodox Tsar.

Chairman of the V. Ch. K. No. 13666/2 comrade. Dzerzhinsky F. E. INSTRUCTION: “In accordance with the decision of V. Ts. I. K. and the Council of People's Commissars, it is necessary to put an end to priests and religion as soon as possible. Priests must be arrested as counter-revolutionaries and saboteurs, shot mercilessly and everywhere. And as much as possible. Churches are to be closed. Temple premises to be sealed and turned into warehouses.

Chairman V. Ts. I. K. Kalinin, Chairman of the Sov. nar. Komissarov Ulyanov /Lenin/.

Kill simulation

There is a lot of information about the Sovereign's stay with his family in prison and exile, about his stay in Tobolsk and Yekaterinburg, and it is quite truthful.

Was there a shooting? Or perhaps it was staged? Was it possible to escape or be taken out of the Ipatiev house?

It turns out yes!

There was a factory nearby. In 1905, the owner, in case of capture by revolutionaries, dug an underground passage to it. During the destruction of the house by Yeltsin, after the decision of the Politburo, the bulldozer fell into a tunnel that no one knew about.

Thanks to Stalin and the intelligence officers of the General Staff, the Royal Family was taken to various Russian provinces, with the blessing of Metropolitan Macarius (Nevsky).

On July 22, 1918, Evgenia Popel received the keys to the empty house and sent a telegram to her husband, N. N. Ipatiev, to the village of Nikolskoye about the possibility of returning to the city.

In connection with the offensive of the White Guard Army, Soviet institutions were evacuated in Yekaterinburg. Documents, property and valuables were taken out, including those of the Romanov family (!).

Strong excitement spread among the officers when it became known in what condition the Ipatiev house was, where the Tsar's Family lived. Who was free from service, went to the house, everyone wanted to take an active part in clarifying the question: “where are They?”.

Some were inspecting the house, breaking down the boarded-up doors; others sorted things and papers that were lying around; the third, raked the ashes from the furnaces. Fourth, scoured the yard and garden, looking into all cellars and cellars. Everyone acted independently, not trusting each other and trying to find an answer to the question that worried everyone.

While the officers were inspecting the rooms, people who came to profit, took away a lot of abandoned property, which was then found in the market and flea markets.

The head of the garrison, Major General Golitsin, appointed a special commission of officers, mostly cadets of the Academy of the General Staff, chaired by Colonel Sherekhovsky. Which was instructed to deal with the finds in the Ganina Yama area: local peasants, raking up recent fires, found charred items from the Tsar's wardrobe, including a cross with precious stones.

Captain Malinovsky received an order to explore the Ganina Yama area. July 30, taking with him Sheremetevsky, an investigator for important cases Yekaterinburg District Court A.P. Nametkin, several officers, the doctor of the Heir - V.N. Derevenko and the servant of the Sovereign - T.I. Chemodurov, went there.

Thus began the investigation into the disappearance of Tsar Nicholas II, the Empress, the Tsesarevich and the Grand Duchesses.

The Malinovsky Commission lasted about a week. But it was she who determined the area of ​​all subsequent investigative actions in Yekaterinburg and its environs. It was she who found witnesses to the cordon of the Koptyakovskaya road around Ganina Yama by the Red Army. I found those who saw a suspicious convoy that passed from Yekaterinburg into the cordon and back. I got evidence of destruction there, in the fires near the mines of the Royal things.

After the entire staff of the officers went to Koptyaki, Sherekhovsky divided the team into two parts. One, headed by Malinovsky, examined the Ipatiev house, the other, led by Lieutenant Sheremetevsky, took up the inspection of Ganina Yama.

When inspecting the Ipatiev house, the officers of the Malinovsky group managed to establish almost all the main facts in a week, on which the investigation then relied.

A year after the investigations, Malinovsky, in June 1919, showed Sokolov: “As a result of my work on the case, I became convinced that the August family is alive ... all the facts that I observed during the investigation are a simulation of a murder.”

At the scene

On July 28, A.P. Nametkin was invited to the headquarters, and from the side of the military authorities, since civil power had not yet been formed, it was proposed to investigate the case of the Royal Family. After that, they began to inspect the Ipatiev House. Doctor Derevenko and old man Chemodurov were invited to participate in the identification of things; Professor of the Academy of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Medvedev, took part as an expert.

On July 30, Aleksey Pavlovich Nametkin participated in the inspection of the mine and fires near Ganina Yama. After inspection, the Koptyakovsky peasant handed over to Captain Politkovsky a huge diamond, which was recognized by Chemodurov as a jewel belonging to Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna.

Nametkin, inspecting the Ipatiev house from August 2 to 8, had publications of the decisions of the Ural Council and the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, which reported on the execution of Nicholas II.

Inspection of the building, traces of shots and signs of spilled blood confirmed the well-known fact - the possible death of people in this house.

As for the other results of the inspection of the Ipatiev house, they left the impression of an unexpected disappearance of its inhabitants.

On August 5, 6, 7, 8, Nametkin continued to inspect the Ipatiev house, described the state of the rooms where Nikolai Alexandrovich, Alexandra Fedorovna, the Tsarevich and the Grand Duchesses were kept. During the inspection, I found many small things that belonged, according to the valet T. I. Chemodurov and the doctor of the Heir V. N. Derevenko, to members of the Royal Family.

Being an experienced investigator, Nametkin, after examining the scene of the incident, stated that an imitation of an execution took place in the Ipatiev House, and that not a single member of the Royal Family was shot there.

He repeated his data officially in Omsk, where he gave an interview on this topic to foreign, mainly American correspondents. Declaring that he had evidence that the Royal Family was not killed on the night of July 16-17, and was going to make these documents public soon.

But he was forced to hand over the investigation.

War with investigators

On August 7, 1918, a meeting of the branches of the Yekaterinburg District Court was held, where, unexpectedly for the prosecutor Kutuzov, contrary to agreements with the chairman of the court, Glasson, the Yekaterinburg District Court, by a majority of votes, decided to transfer the “case of the murder of the former Sovereign Emperor Nicholas II”, to a member of the court Ivan Alexandrovich Sergeev .

After the transfer of the case, the house where he rented a room was burned down, which led to the death of Nametkin's investigative archive.

The main difference in the work of a detective at the scene lies in what is not in the laws and textbooks, in order to plan further activities for each of the significant circumstances discovered. That is why their replacement is harmful, because with the departure of the former investigator, his plan to unravel the tangle of riddles disappears.

On August 13, A.P. Nametkin handed over the case to I.A. Sergeev on 26 numbered sheets. And after the capture of Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks, Nametkin was shot.

Sergeev was aware of the complexity of the upcoming investigation.

He understood that the main thing was to find the bodies of the dead. Indeed, in forensic science there is a rigid setting: "no corpse - no murder." He had great expectations for the expedition to Ganina Yama, where they searched the area very carefully and pumped out water from the mines. But ... they found only a severed finger and a prosthesis of the upper jaw. True, the “corpse” was also removed, but it was the corpse of the dog Grand Duchess Anastasia.

In addition, there are witnesses who saw the former Empress and her children in Perm.

Doctor Derevenko, who treated the Heir, like Botkin, who accompanied Royal Family in Tobolsk and Yekaterinburg, over and over again testifies that the unidentified corpses delivered to him are not the Tsar and not the Heir, since the Tsar on his head /skull/ should have a trace from a blow from a Japanese saber in 1891.

The clergy also knew about the release of the Royal Family: Patriarch St. Tikhon.

The life of the royal family after the "death"

In the KGB of the USSR, on the basis of the 2nd Main Directorate, there was a special. department that monitored all the movements of the Royal Family and their descendants across the territory of the USSR. Whether someone likes it or not, this will have to be taken into account, and, consequently, Russia's future policy should be reconsidered.

Daughters Olga (she lived under the name Natalia) and Tatyana were in the Diveevsky Monastery, disguised as nuns, and sang in the kliros of the Trinity Church. From there, Tatyana moved to the Krasnodar Territory, got married and lived in the Apsheron and Mostovsky districts. She was buried on September 21, 1992 in the village of Solyonoye, Mostovsky District.

Olga, through Uzbekistan, went to Afghanistan with the emir of Bukhara, Seyid Alim-Khan (1880 - 1944). From there - to Finland to Vyrubova. Since 1956, she lived in Vyritsa under the name of Natalya Mikhailovna Evstigneeva, where she rested in Bose on 01/16/1976 (11/15/2011 from the grave of V.K. Olga, Her fragrant relics were partially stolen by one possessed, but were returned to Kazan temple).

On October 6, 2012, her remaining relics were removed from the grave in the cemetery, added to the stolen ones and reburied near the Kazan Church.

The daughters of Nicholas II Maria and Anastasia (who lived as Alexandra Nikolaevna Tugareva) were for some time in the Glinskaya Hermitage. Then Anastasia moved to the Volgograd (Stalingrad) region and got married on the Tugarev farm in the Novoanninsky district. From there she moved to St. Panfilovo, where she was buried on 06/27/1980. And her husband Vasily Evlampievich Peregudov died defending Stalingrad in January 1943. Maria moved to the Nizhny Novgorod region in the village of Arefino there and was buried on 05/27/1954.

Metropolitan John of Ladoga (Snychev, d. 1995) took care of Anastasia's daughter Yulia in Samara, and together with Archimandrite John (Maslov, d. 1991) took care of Tsarevich Alexei. Archpriest Vasily (Shvets, d. 2011) took care of his daughter Olga (Natalia). The son of the youngest daughter of Nicholas II - Anastasia - Mikhail Vasilyevich Peregudov (1924 - 2001), having come from the front, worked as an architect, according to his project, a railway station was built in Stalingrad-Volgograd!

The brother of Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, was also able to escape from Perm right under the noses of the Cheka. At first he lived in Belogorye, and then moved to Vyritsa, where he rested in Bose in 1948.

Until 1927, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna was at the Tsar's Dacha (Vvedensky Skete of Seraphim of the Ponetaevsky Monastery in the Nizhny Novgorod Region). And at the same time she visited Kyiv, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sukhumi. Alexandra Feodorovna took the name Xenia (in honor of St. Xenia Grigoryevna of Petersburg /Petrova 1732 - 1803/).

In 1899, Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna wrote a prophetic poem:

"In the solitude and silence of the monastery,

Where guardian angels fly

Far from temptation and sin

She lives, whom everyone considers dead.

Everyone thinks she already lives

In the Divine heavenly realm.

She steps outside the walls of the monastery,

Submissive to your increased faith!”

The Empress met with Stalin, who told her the following: "Live in peace in the city of Starobelsk, but there is no need to interfere in politics."

Stalin's patronage saved the Tsaritsa when local Chekists opened criminal cases against her.

Money transfers were regularly received in the name of the Queen from France and Japan. The Empress received them and donated them to four kindergartens. This was confirmed by the former manager of the Starobelsky branch of the State Bank Ruf Leontievich Shpilyov and the chief accountant Klokolov.

The Empress did needlework, making blouses, scarves, and straws were sent to her from Japan to make hats. All this was done by order of local fashionistas.

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna

In 1931, the Tsaritsa appeared at the Starobelsk regional department of the GPU and stated that she had 185,000 marks in the Berlin Reichsbank, and 300,000 dollars in the Chicago bank. She supposedly wants to transfer all these funds to the disposal of the Soviet government, provided that it provides for her old age.

The statement of the Empress was forwarded to the GPU of the Ukrainian SSR, which instructed the so-called "Credit Bureau" to negotiate with foreign countries about receiving these deposits!

In 1942, Starobelsk was occupied, the Empress on the same day was invited to breakfast with Colonel General Kleist, who suggested that she move to Berlin, to which the Empress replied with dignity: “I am Russian and I want to die in my homeland.” Then she was offered to choose any house in the city that she wished: it would not be good, they say, for such a person to huddle in a cramped dugout. But she refused that too.

The only thing the Tsaritsa agreed to was to use the services of German doctors. True, the commandant of the city nevertheless ordered a sign to be installed near the Empress's dwelling with an inscription in Russian and German: "Do not disturb Her Majesty."

What she was very happy about, because in her dugout behind the screen were ... wounded Soviet tankers.

The German medicine was very useful. The tankers managed to get out, and they safely crossed the front line. Taking advantage of the favor of the authorities, Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna saved many prisoners of war and local residents who were threatened with reprisal.

From 1927 until her death in 1948, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, under the name of Xenia, lived in the city of Starobelsk, Lugansk region. She took monastic vows with the name of Alexandra at the Starobelsk Holy Trinity Monastery.

Kosygin - Tsarevich Alexei

Tsarevich Alexei - became Alexei Nikolaevich Kosygin (1904 - 1980). Twice Hero of the Socialist Labor (1964, 1974). Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru. In 1935, he graduated from the Leningrad Textile Institute. In 1938, head. department of the Leningrad regional party committee, chairman of the executive committee of the Leningrad City Council.

Wife Claudia Andreevna Krivosheina (1908 - 1967) - niece of A. A. Kuznetsov. Daughter Lyudmila (1928 - 1990) was married to Jermen Mikhailovich Gvishiani (1928 - 2003). The son of Mikhail Maksimovich Gvishiani (1905 - 1966) since 1928 in the State Pedagogical Department of Internal Affairs of Georgia. In 1937-38. deputy Chairman of the Tbilisi City Executive Committee. In 1938, the 1st deputy. People's Commissar of the NKVD of Georgia. In 1938 - 1950. early UNKVDUNKGBUMGB Primorsky Krai. In 1950 - 1953 early UMGB of the Kuibyshev region. Grandchildren Tatyana and Alexey.

The Kosygin family was friends with the families of the writer Sholokhov, the composer Khachaturian, and the rocket designer Chelomey.

In 1940 - 1960. - Deputy prev. Council of People's Commissars - Council of Ministers of the USSR. In 1941 - deputy. prev. Council for the evacuation of industry in the eastern regions of the USSR. From January to July 1942 - authorized by the State Defense Committee in the besieged Leningrad. Participated in the evacuation of the population and industrial enterprises and property of Tsarskoye Selo. The prince walked along Ladoga on the Shtandart yacht and knew the surroundings of the Lake well, therefore he organized the "Road of Life" through the Lake to supply the city.

Aleksey Nikolaevich created an electronics center in Zelenograd, but enemies in the Politburo did not allow him to bring this idea to fruition. And today Russia is forced to buy household appliances and computers around the world.

The Sverdlovsk Region produced everything from strategic missiles to bacteriological weapons, and was filled with underground cities hiding under the Sverdlovsk-42 indices, and there were more than two hundred such Sverdlovsk.

He helped Palestine, as Israel expanded its borders at the expense of the lands of the Arabs.

He brought to life projects for the development of gas and oil fields in Siberia.

But the Jews, members of the Politburo, made the main line of the budget the export of crude oil and gas - instead of the export of processed products, as Kosygin (Romanov) wanted.

In 1949, during the promotion of the "Leningrad case" by G. M. Malenkov, Kosygin miraculously survived. During the investigation, Mikoyan, deputy. Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, "organized Kosygin's long trip to Siberia, in connection with the need to strengthen the activities of cooperation, improve matters with the procurement of agricultural products." Stalin coordinated this business trip with Mikoyan in time, because he was poisoned and from the beginning of August until the end of December 1950 lay in the country, miraculously remaining alive!

In his treatment of Alexei, Stalin affectionately called him "Kosyga", since he was his nephew. Sometimes Stalin called him Tsarevich in front of everyone.

In the 60s. Tsarevich Alexei, realizing the inefficiency existing system, proposed a transition from the social economy to the real one. Keep records of sold, not manufactured products as the main indicator of the efficiency of enterprises, etc. Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov normalized relations between the USSR and China during the conflict on about. Damansky, having met in Beijing at the airport with Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai.

Alexei Nikolaevich visited the Venevsky Monastery in the Tula region and talked with the nun Anna, who was in touch with the entire royal family. He even gave her a diamond ring once, for clear predictions. And shortly before his death, he came to her, and she told him that He would die on December 18!

The death of Tsarevich Alexei coincided with the birthday of Leonid Brezhnev on December 18, 1980, and these days the country did not know that Kosygin had died.

The ashes of the Tsesarevich from 12/24/1980 rest in Kremlin wall!

KOSYGIN MADE AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE OUT OF OUR COUNTRY! REAL! EVERLASTING MEMORY!

Until 1927, the Royal Family met on the stones of St. Seraphim of Sarov, next to the Tsar's dacha, on the territory of the Vvedensky Skete of the Seraphim-Ponetaevsky Monastery. Now only the former baptismal remained from the Skit. It was closed in 1927 by the NKVD forces. This was preceded by general searches, after which all the nuns were moved to different monasteries in Arzamas and Ponetaevka. And icons, jewelry, bells and other property were taken to Moscow.

In the 20s - 30s. Nicholas II stayed in Diveevo at st. Arzamasskaya, 16, in the house of Alexandra Ivanovna Grashkina - schema nun Dominica (1906 - 2009).

Stalin built a dacha in Sukhumi next to the dacha of the Royal Family and came there to meet with the Emperor and his cousin Nicholas II.

In the form of an officer, Nicholas II visited the Kremlin with Stalin, as confirmed by General Vatov (d. 2004), who served in Stalin's guard.

Marshal Mannerheim, having become the President of Finland, immediately left the war, as he secretly communicated with the Emperor. And in the office of Mannerheim hung a portrait of Nicholas II. Confessor of the Royal Family since 1912 Fr. Aleksey (Kibardin, 1882 - 1964), living in Vyritsa, took care of a woman who arrived there from Finland in 1956 on a post-maternity leave. the eldest daughter of the Tsar - Olga.

In Sofia after the revolution, in the building of the Holy Synod on St. Alexander Nevsky Square, the confessor of the Highest Family Vladyka Feofan (Bystrov) lived.

Vladyka never served a memorial service for the August Family and told his cell-attendant that the Royal Family was alive! And even in April 1931, he traveled to Paris to meet with Sovereign Nicholas II and with the people who freed the Royal Family from imprisonment. Vladyka Feofan also said that over time the Romanov family would be restored, but through the female line.

Expertise

Head Oleg Makeev, Department of Biology of the Ural Medical Academy, said: “Genetic examination after 90 years is not only difficult due to the changes that have occurred in the bone tissue, but also cannot give an absolute result even if it is carefully performed. The methodology used in the studies already conducted is still not recognized as evidence by any court in the world.”

A foreign expert commission to investigate the fate of the Royal Family, established in 1989, chaired by Pyotr Nikolaevich Koltypin-Vallovsky, commissioned a study by scientists from Stanford University and received data on the inconsistency of the DNA of the “Yekaterinburg remains”.

The Commission provided for DNA analysis a fragment of the finger of V. K. St. Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova, whose relics are stored in the Jerusalem Church of Mary Magdalene.

“The sisters and their children should have identical mitochondrial DNA, but the results of the analysis of the remains of Elizaveta Feodorovna do not correspond to the previously published DNA of the alleged remains of Alexandra Feodorovna and her daughters,” the scientists concluded.

The experiment was conducted by an international team of scientists led by Dr. Alec Knight, a molecular systematist at Stanford University, with the participation of geneticists from Eastern Michigan University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, with the participation of Dr. Lev Zhivotovsky, an employee of the Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

After the death of an organism, DNA begins to rapidly decompose, (cut) into parts, and the more time passes, the more these parts are shortened. After 80 years, without creating special conditions, DNA segments longer than 200 - 300 nucleotides are not preserved. And in 1994, during the analysis, a segment of 1.223 nucleotides was isolated.”

Thus, Pyotr Koltypin-Vallovskoy emphasized: “Geneticists again refuted the results of the examination conducted in 1994 in the British laboratory, on the basis of which it was concluded that the Yekaterinburg remains belonged to Tsar Nicholas II and his Family.”

Japanese scientists presented to the Moscow Patriarchate the results of their research regarding the "Ekaterinburg remains".

On December 7, 2004, Bishop Alexander of Dmitrov, vicar of the Moscow Diocese, met with Dr. Tatsuo Nagai in the MP building. Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Director of the Department of Forensic and Scientific Medicine, Kitazato University (Japan). Since 1987 he has been working at Kitazato University, he is Vice Dean of the Joint School of Medical Sciences, Director and Professor of the Department of Clinical Hematology and the Department of Forensic Medicine. Published 372 scientific papers and delivered 150 presentations at international medical conferences in various countries. Member of the Royal Society of Medicine in London.

He carried out the identification of the mitochondrial DNA of the latter Russian Emperor Nicholas II. During the assassination attempt on Tsarevich Nicholas II in Japan in 1891, his handkerchief was left there, which was applied to the wound. It turned out that the structures of DNA from the cuts in 1998 in the first case differ from the structure of DNA in both the second and third cases. A research team led by Dr. Nagai took a sample of dried sweat from the clothes of Nicholas II, stored in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo, and performed a mitochondrial analysis of it.

In addition, a mitochondrial DNA analysis of the hair, bone of the lower jaw and the nail of the thumb of V.K. Georgy Alexandrovich, the younger brother of Nicholas II, buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral, was carried out. I compared DNA from the cuts of bones buried in 1998 in Peter and Paul Fortress, with blood samples of the native nephew of Emperor Nicholas II Tikhon Nikolaevich, as well as with sweat and blood samples of Tsar Nicholas II himself.

Dr. Nagai's conclusions: "We got results different from those obtained by Drs. Peter Gill and Pavel Ivanov on five points."

Glorification of the King

Sobchak (Finkelstein, d. 2000), being the mayor of St. Petersburg, committed a monstrous crime - he issued death certificates for Nicholas II and members of his family to Leonida Georgievna. He issued certificates in 1996 - without even waiting for the conclusions of the "official commission" of Nemtsov.

“Protection of the rights and legitimate interests” of the “Imperial House” in Russia began in 1995 by the late Leonida Georgievna, who, on behalf of her daughter, the “Head of the Russian Imperial House”, applied for state registration of the death of members of the Imperial House killed in 1918-1919. and the issuance of death certificates.

On December 1, 2005, an application was submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office for the "rehabilitation of Emperor Nicholas II and members of his family." This application was submitted on behalf of "Princess" Maria Vladimirovna by her lawyer G. Yu. Lukyanov, who replaced Sobchak in this post.

The glorification of the Royal Family, although it took place under Ridiger (Alexius II) at the Bishops' Council, was just a cover for the "consecration" of Solomon's temple.

After all, only the Local Council can glorify the king in the face of the Saints. Because the Tsar is the spokesman of the Spirit of the whole people, and not just of the Priesthood. That is why the decision of the Bishops' Council of 2000 must be approved by the Local Council.

According to ancient canons, it is possible to glorify God's saints after healing from various ailments occurs at their graves. After that, it is checked how this or that ascetic lived. If he lived a righteous life, then healing comes from God. If not, then such healings are done by the Bes, and then they will turn into new diseases.

In order to make sure on own experience, you need to go to the grave of Emperor Nicholas II, in Nizhny Novgorod at the Krasnaya Etna cemetery, where he was buried on December 26, 1958.

The famous Nizhny Novgorod elder and priest Grigory (Dolbunov, d. 1996) buried and buried the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas II.

Sergey Zhelenkov

Where are the descendants of the Romanovs today

Many researchers were interested in whether the descendants of the Romanovs remained? Yes, this great family has male and female heirs. Some branches have already been interrupted, other lines will soon fade away, but the royal family still has hope for survival.

But where do the descendants of the Romanovs live? They are dispersed throughout the planet. Most of them do not know the Russian language and have never been to the homeland of their ancestors. Some people have different last names. Many got acquainted with Russia exclusively through books or reports from television news channels. And yet, some of them visit their historical homeland, they do charity work here and consider themselves Russians at heart.

When asked if there were descendants of the Romanovs, one can answer that today there are only about thirty known offspring of the royal family living in the world today. Of these, only two can be considered purebred, because their parents entered into marriages according to the laws of the dynasty. It is these two who can consider themselves full representatives of the Imperial House. In 1992, they were issued Russian passports to replace the refugee passports they used to live abroad until that time. Funds received as sponsorship from Russia allow family members to pay visits to their homeland.

It is not known how many people live in the world who have "Romanov" blood in their veins, but they do not belong to the family, as they came from the female line or from extramarital affairs. Nevertheless, genetically they also belong to an ancient family.

Head of the Imperial House

Prince Romanov Dmitry Romanovich became the Head of the House of Romanov after the death of Nikolai Romanovich, his elder brother.

Great-great-grandson of Nicholas I, great-grandson of Prince Nicholas Nikolaevich, son of Prince Roman Petrovich and Countess Praskovia Sheremetyeva. He was born in France on May 17, 1926.

Since 1936 he lived with his parents in Italy, later - in Egypt. In Alexandria, he worked at the Ford automobile plant: he worked as a mechanic, he sold cars. Upon returning to sunny Italy, he worked as a secretary in a shipping company.

I visited Russia for the first time back in 1953 as a tourist. When he got married in Denmark with his first wife, Johanna von Kaufmann, he settled in Copenhagen and worked there for more than 30 years in a bank.

All numerous members of the royal family call him the Head of the House, only the Kirillovich branch believes that he does not have legal rights to the throne due to the fact that his father was born in an unequal marriage (Kirillovichi, the heirs of Alexander II - this is Princess Maria Vladimirovna, who herself claims to the title of head of the Imperial House, and her son Georgy Mikhailovich, who claims the title of crown prince).

Dmitry Romanovich's old hobby is orders and medals. different countries. He has a large collection of awards, about which he writes a book.

The second time he was married in the Russian city of Kostroma with Dorrit Reventrow, a Danish translator, in July 1993. He has no children, therefore, when another last direct descendant of the Romanovs goes into the world, the branch of the Nikolaevichs will be cut short.

Legitimate members of the house, the fading branch of Alexandrovich

Today, such true representatives of the royal family are alive (in the male line from legal marriages, direct descendants of Paul I and Nicholas II, who bear the royal surname, the title of prince and belong to the Alexandrovich line):

• Romanov-Ilyinsky Dmitry Pavlovich, born in 1954 - the direct heir of Alexander II in the male line, lives in the USA, has 3 daughters, all married and changed their last names.
• Romanov-Ilyinsky Mikhail Pavlovich, born in 1959 - the half-brother of Prince Dmitry Pavlovich, also lives in the USA, has a daughter. If the direct descendants of the Romanovs do not become fathers of sons, then the Alexandrovich line will be interrupted.

Direct descendants, princes and possible successors of the Romanov family - the most prolific branch of Mikhailovich

• Alexey Andreevich, born in 1953 - a direct descendant of Nicholas I, married, no children, lives in the USA.
• Petr Andreevich, born in 1961 - also a purebred Romanov, married, childless, lives in the USA. Andrei Andreevich, born in 1963 - legally belongs to the Romanov family, has a daughter from his second marriage, lives in the United States.
• Rostislav Rostislavovich, born in 1985 - the direct successor of the family, not yet married, lives in the USA.
• Nikita Rostislavovich, born in 1987 – legal descendant, not yet married, lives in the UK.
• Nicholas-Christopher Nikolaevich, born in 1968, is a direct descendant of Nicholas I, lives in the USA, has 2 daughters.
• Daniel Nikolaevich, born in 1972 - a legal member of the Romanov dynasty, married, lives in the USA, has a daughter and a son. Daniil Danilovich, born in 2009 - the youngest legitimate descendant of the royal family in the male line, lives with his parents in the United States.

As can be seen from the family tree, only the branch of Mikhailovich gives hope for the continuation of the royal family - the direct heirs of Mikhail Nikolaevich Romanov, the youngest son of Nicholas I.

Descendants of the Romanov family who cannot inherit the royal family, and controversial applicants for membership of the Imperial House

• Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, born in 1953 – Her Imperial Highness, who claims the title of Head of the Russian Imperial House, is the legitimate heiress of Alexander II, belongs to the Alexandrovich line. Until 1985, she was married to Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, from whom in 1981 she gave birth to her only son George. At birth, he was given the patronymic Mikhailovich and the surname Romanov.
• Georgy Mikhailovich, born in 1981 - the son of Princess Romanova Maria Vladimirovna and the Prince of Prussia, claims the title of Tsarevich, however, most representatives of the Romanov family rightly do not recognize his rights, since he is not a descendant in the direct male line, namely, the right of inheritance is transferred through the male line. His birth is a joyful event in the Prussian palace.
• Princess Elena Sergeevna Romanova (by her husband Nirot), born in 1929, lives in France, one of the last representatives of the Romanov family, belongs to the Alexandrovich line.
• Georgy Aleksandrovich Yuryevsky, born in 1961 - the legitimate heir to Alexander II, now lives in Switzerland. His grandfather George was an illegitimate son from the Emperor's relationship with Princess Dolgorukova. After the relationship was legalized, all the children of Dolgorukova were recognized as legitimate from Alexander II, but the Yuryevsky received the surname. Therefore, de jure George (Hans-Georg) does not belong to the house of Romanov, although de facto he is the last descendant of the Romanov dynasty in the male line of the Alexandrovichs.
• Princess Tatyana Mikhailovna, born in 1986 - belongs to the house of the Romanovs along the line of Mikhailovich, but as soon as he gets married and changes his surname, he will lose all rights. Lives in Paris.
• Princess Alexandra Rostislavovna, born in 1983 - also a hereditary descendant of the Mikhailovich branch, not married, lives in the USA.
• Princess Karline Nikolaevna, born in 2000 - is the legal representative of the Imperial House in the line of Mikhailovich, not married, lives in the United States.
• Princess Chelly Nikolaevna, born in 2003 - a direct descendant of the royal family, not married, a US citizen.
• Princess Madison Danilovna, born in 2007 - on the line of Mikhailovich, a legal family member, lives in the USA.

Unification of the Romanov family

All other Romanovs are children of morganatic marriages, therefore they cannot belong to the Russian Imperial House. All of them are united by the so-called "Association of the Romanov family", which was headed in 1989 by Nikolai Romanovich and performed this duty until his death, in September 2014.

The biographies of the most prominent representatives of the Romanov dynasty of the 20th century are described below.

The royal dynasty of the Romanovs ceased to exist in mid-July 1918 - very soon it will be exactly one hundred years from the date of the execution of members of the imperial family and some servants.

The arrest of the royal family

One year before tragic events Nicholas II abdicated the throne, first in favor of his son, and then his brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich (it was planned that the Grand Duke would be regent for the young emperor). However, the Provisional Government did not consider the abdication manifesto, and Nicholas and his heir lost their rights to the throne. From that moment on, the family lived in Tsarskoe Selo as prisoners.

As you know, many kings and emperors of Europe are related to each other. In August 1917, information appeared that the royal family was planning to leave Russia and go to England, where at that time King George V, Nicholas's cousin, ruled (their mothers, Empress Maria Feodorovna and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, are sisters). Outwardly, the brothers were very similar, which sometimes caused confusion at official meetings. Thus, George could help the Russian tsar escape and give shelter to members of the royal family.

The government of England was ready to provide asylum to the former emperor, but the king refused because of the danger of the flight and the expediency of his cousin's stay with his family in London. Public opinion was also against the arrival of the king's relatives. Thus, Nikolai had to stay. Yes, and the Provisional Government, having learned about English plans, quickly deprived them of all civil rights and sent them away from the capital - to Siberia. And so the link began. First they were brought to Tobolsk, then to Yekaterinburg, to the house of the merchant Ipatiev. This mansion became their last refuge.

Execution

On the night of July 16-17, 1918, almost a year after the start of exile, the former imperial family was awakened by soldiers guarding the house, taken to the basement and shot. The execution was carried out by order of the executive committee of the Ural association of workers and peasants (although some historians agree that the order for execution was given personally by Lenin and Sverdlov from Moscow). The revolutionary Yakov Yurovsky, who was the commandant, led the execution. He recalled how at first they could not decide how to kill members of the royal family - grenades, daggers, and execution were offered.

When, his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, five children, as well as four servants were brought to the basement, Yurovsky read out the verdict to them. The firing squad was already ready. Yurovsky himself fired first and killed the emperor. Then the indiscriminate shooting began. The king's children were seriously wounded. According to the recollections of the participants in the execution, they were finished off with bayonets. The bodies of the executed were thrown into a pit and buried.

These are the official sources about the death of the royal family. However, let's not forget that the imperial family always had many children. The direct (closest) heirs of Nikolai were not lucky - they were killed in the same 1918, someone died in the war. But still, some representatives of the dynasty were able to leave rebellious Russia and settle in Europe. Their descendants now claim the title of "Head of the House of Romanov."

Applicants

One of them is Maria Vladimirovna Romanova. She is the granddaughter of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, through him - the great-great-granddaughter of Alexander II. In 1924, while in exile, Cyril officially declared himself the heir to the last emperor and the head of the House, with which most monarchists, as well as some members of the dynasty, did not agree, including the descendants of Nicholas I and the mother of the last tsar, Maria Feodorovna.

Maria Vladimirovna was born and raised in Madrid, the capital of Spain, where she still lives today. She was married to the Prussian Prince Franz Wilhelm, and as a result of this union, the son George was born in 1981, who was declared the heir-tsarevich.

Another branch of applicants is the so-called Nikolayevichs, descendants of Emperor Nicholas I. They dispute the right of Maria Romanova to the status of heiress. Her main competitor is Grand Duke Dmitry Romanov, who is considered the oldest of the descendants.

He was born in France in 1926 in the family of Prince Roman Petrovich, great-grandson of Nicholas I. At the age of 10 he moved with his parents to Italy. After finishing shortly before the historic referendum on the advisability of maintaining the monarchy in the country, the Romanov family and the last king of Italy, Victor Immanuel III, emigrated to Egypt. The Romanov family did not plan to live in an Arab country for a long time, but the link dragged on for a long 6 years (1946-1952).

In Alexandria, Dmitry worked as a simple mechanic at one of the Ford factories. After the overthrow of King Farouk, Dmitry Romanov left the country and returned to European lands. Since 1958 he settled in Denmark. In 1979, he created the organization "Association of members of the Romanov clan." Dmitry Romanovich died in 2016 in Copenhagen and is buried there.

Applicant Status

For many years, applicants from both branches have sought special status for their surname. It is worth saying that the monarchical movement in Russia is rather weak - citizens prefer to stay away from disputes between the heirs of the surname. Maria Romanova visited our country several times, as a private person, and stated that she would like for herself and her son a special status of the House of Romanov.

The representative of the association of members of the Romanov dynasty called these statements absurd, since "her branch does not belong to the Russian tsars, but is rather a continuation of the Prussian branch." At the same time, a public figure, historian Alexander Zakatov gives his arguments on the legitimacy of the Romanov dynasty: “Maria Vladimirovna is the only head of the Romanov dynasty. She has a good relationship with all her relatives, even side branches.”

Zakatov mentions that Maria Romanova and her son can come to Russia, but only in private. And it is necessary that the Romanovs return with dignity. And for this, a special status is needed, which would recognize the Imperial House as a "historical institution." It will not bring applicants any money, no powers, no privileges. We are talking about the protection of the historical heritage of Russia, namely the Romanov dynasty. In economic terms, if the relevant law were adopted, Maria Vladimirovna would receive a patent and protection for the Romanov brand.

And the Kirillovich and Nikolaevich branches attach great importance to charity, noting that there is no political overtones under this occupation. In 2015, when Crimea became part of Russia, both Dmitry and Maria Romanov supported the referendum. Maria Vladimirovna in many interviews notes the importance of strengthening ties between the peoples of the former Russian Empire as well as the Soviet Union.

Conclusion

Note that according to the latest data obtained in the course of a survey of the population of Russia, only 10% of Russians want to return the monarchy. Of course, this is not enough even to raise the issue in government circles. After 70 years Soviet power when so many generations have changed, it is impossible to imagine Russia as a monarchy. Now the citizens believe in a good president who fulfilled their ambitions and restored Russia as a Great Power. But in a slightly different capacity.

His Serene Highness Prince Georgy Alexandrovich Yuryevsky was born on December 8, 1961 in Switzerland and is the only son of His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgiyevich Yuryevsky (1900-1988) and his wife Princess Ursula Anna-Maria (née Beer de Grüneck, 1925-2001). His Grace's grandfather, His Serene Highness Prince Georgy Alexandrovich (1872-1913), was the son of Emperor Alexander II from His Majesty's second, morganatic, marriage to Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova (1847-1922). Here, who would be on the throne

Alexander Komise, the only son of Princess Paula Romanoff, was born on April 6, 1983

To the left is Princess Carline Nikolaevna Romanova (2000), the eldest daughter of Prince Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov (1968). On the left is her sister Shelley (2003). They represent the Mihailović line.

Natalia Nikolaevna Romanova (1952), Nikolai Romanov's eldest daughter, with her daughter Nicoletta, named after her grandfather. Nicoletta is a famous model, she has three children

Princess Katerina Romanoff-Elias (1981). The eldest daughter of Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov (1954), great-great-granddaughter of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich. She represents the Alexandrovich line

Prince Nikita Rostislavovich Romanov (1987). Descendant Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna

Elizaveta Nikolaevna Romanova (1956), second daughter of Prince Nikolai Romanov (1922)

Rostislav Romanov, descendant of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna. Rostislav returned to Russia, lives in Petrodvorets, works at the Raketa watch factory, founded by Peter I. Member of the Board of Directors and Advisor to the Creative Department

Another descendant of V.K. Xenia Alexandrovna, Natasha Kathleen, daughter of Prince Andrei Romanov

In 2013, little Mikhail Romanov, the son of Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanov, was born in London. Mikhail, by the way, is a direct descendant of Emperor Nicholas I by his father, and by his great-great-grandmother V.K. Xenia Alexandrovna - Alexander III

You laugh, but this is Princess Madison Daniilovna and Prince Daniel Daniilovich, children of Prince Daniil Nikolaevich Romanov (1972). Representing the Mihailović line