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The last to die were Tatiana, Anastasia, and Maria (however, according to Yurovsky's note, Alexei, Olga, Tatiana, and Anastasia were the last to die), who were carrying over 1.3 kilograms (2.9 lb) of diamonds sewn into their clothing, which had given them a degree of protection from the firing. [98] However, they were speared with bayonets as well.
Dr Botkin was killed, and a gunman named Ermakov repeatedly tried to shoot Tsarevich Alexei, but failed because jewels sewn into the boy's clothes shielded him. Ermakov tried to stab Alexei with a bayonet but failed again, and finally Yurovsky fired two shots into the boy's head.
The jewels sewn into her clothes protected her, and he said he finally shot her in the head. But the skull that is almost certainly Maria's has no bullet wound. Perhaps the drunken Ermakov inflicted a scalp wound, knocking her unconscious and producing a considerable flow of blood, leading Ermakov to think he had killed her.
The Romanov portraits were shot between 1915 and 1916, only months before their 1917 execution at the hands of Lenin The Romanovs' final days, as seen through the eyes of Anastasia Skip to main ...
Here's how Prince Harry, Prince Philip, and Queen Elizabeth and other members of the British Royal Family are related to the Romanovs.
Overview of the "Ballroom" display with the Romanov family tree as a mural on the left tracing the relationship to the Dutch Queen Anna Paulowna, whose large portrait as Russian Grand Princess in 1849 can be seen on the right. Three of her personal bracelets were on loan to the exhibition from the Dutch Royal collection. Jewels!
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The carved ornament unites the various subjects and representations into a single composition. Decorative scenes include images from Greek mythology and the Old Testament . The depicted themes, the style of the carving and the motifs, which include grotesques and Cupids , enable researchers to date most of the pieces to the 16th century and ...