The Lost Lives of Russia's Last Grand Duchesses

In her latest book, Four Sisters – The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses, Helen Rappaport reveals the true background of Nicholas II's four daughters, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Their lives were that of immense wealth and splendor and extreme isolation from public eyes. In Rappaport's book, we will learn that when they were able to start engaging with the wider world, events in Russia overtook them.

Czar Nicholar II's daughters. 

Czar Nicholas II and his family taken c1915.

The Russian Imperial Family

Czar Nicholar II shares a smoke with her daughter, Anastasia.

Empress Alexandra is taking a leisurely moment with her daughter. 

Find out more about Rappaport's latest work here.

Russian Court orders reopening of the Imperial Family’s murder case

Czar Nicholas II and his family

August 26 - Moscow’s Basmanny Court ordered the reopening of the murder case of Czar Nicholas II and his family. 

“This is an important step in our quest for the truth,” said German Lukyanov, the lawyer representing Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, claimant to the throne.

“The Russian people have the right to know what happened.” 

The imperial family’s murder was ordered by Vladimir Lenin and it was the revolutionary firing squad who carried out the act a few hours after midnight on July 17, 1918 in Ekaterinburg. The Tsar, his wife and five children, plus four servants were the victims of the shootings.

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