nicolas ii Archives - History of Royal Women

Interim meeting held regarding “Yekaterinburg remains”

Thursday, 15 June 2017, 10:00 Moniek Bloks 1

An interim meeting was held regarding the so-called “Yekaterinburg remains”, or better said the remains of Nicolas II, Alexandra Feodorovna and their five children. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Russian Investigative Committee as well as members of the special commission at St. Daniel’s monastery. During the meeting, progress reports on the criminal [read more]

History of the House of Romanov to be made into TV-series

Sunday, 21 February 2016, 9:00 Moniek Bloks 1

The History of the House of Romanov, which ruled Russia for over 300 years, is to be made into a television series. The series is to be called ‘The Age of Prosperity’ and is set to be Russia’s answer to ‘Game of Thrones’. Each season is to have 12 episodes and the first episodes are [read more]

Alexander III’s shrine was opened last Tuesday for DNA study in probe into death of last Russian tsar’s family

Thursday, 26 November 2015, 10:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The shrine of Emperor Alexander III of Russia was opened last Tuesday to take DNA-samples. These will be sent to Moscow to be studied and are a part of the criminal probe into the death of the last Russian Imperial family. The remains of Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria were found separate from the [read more]

Forensic evaluation of remains of people executed together with Tsar & family has been ordered

Thursday, 5 November 2015, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

There has been another development in the case surrounding the last Tsar and his family. It has been decided to also perform tests on the remains of the servants who were with Nicolas II and his family when they were murdered. Official tests have been ordered to identify the remains of the servants, Eugene Botkin, Ivan Kharitonov, [read more]

Alexandra and Nicolas II’s remains exhumed for DNA testing

Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 20:15 Moniek Bloks 0

Yesterday the bodies of Nicolas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, the last emperor and empress of Russia, were exhumed to do DNA-testing on the bodies. The DNA taken will be used to confirm the identities of the last two missing children, Maria and Alexei. The two have been previously identified but subsequent DNA testing is necessary [read more]

The Last Empress: Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia by Greg King Book Review

Thursday, 30 January 2014, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

‘The Last Empress: The Life & Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia’- by Greg King is not exactly a new book (1994), but the story of Alexandra Feodorovna and her family is still alive today. Several movies and series have been made where she and her family are featured; the fall of the Romanovs [read more]