1918, Russia. The Bolshevik revolution has succeeded in overthrowing the Romanov family as the kings of Russia. The royal family is dead, executed late in the night, securing the Bolshevik's hold on the country. With no Romanovs to challenge them, t...
Some basics on all the historical people, places, and objects mentioned in this book. They're in alphabetical order by first name (not including titles), and will be added onto as things are mentioned.
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
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Alexandra Feodorovna (Originally named Alix of Hesse) was the wife of Czar Nicholas II and Anastasia's mother. She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and because of this, was a carrier of hemophilia, a blood disorder that could be found in many of the royal families of Europe at the time. She passed this disease down to Czarevich Alexei Romanov, the heir to the Russian throne, and would go on to hire a Russian mystic by the name of Rasputin to try and help manage the disease. There were plenty of rumors floating around that she and Rasputin had an affair, which damaged the reputation of the Romanov family. She was executed along with the rest of the royal family in 1918 in Yekaterinburg in the basement of the Ipatiev House, and was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer.
Czar Alexander II
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Czar Alexander II was the Russian Czar from 1855 to his assassination in 1881. He's most known for his emancipation of Russian serfs in 1861, earning himself the title "Alexander the Liberator". He also sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 and was a huge opponent of revolutionaries and anarchists, which is what would lead to his assassinatino.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna
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