Iconic Corpse: The Romanov Family

Yurovsky: "rifles would be too loud" uses grenades on the corpses

"We were working on moledular genetic testing at one time, then mr Stalin shot the entire team. As a result, we began lagging behind" i want this quote embroidered

I'm glad you mentioned the servants and the physician, in almost all accounts even in that poorly rated Netflix series they get glossed over. They were just as much victims as the Czar and his family.

For me the fascination comes from so many things … the fairy tale lives of the Romanovs, the love story between Nicholas and Alexandra, The innocence of the children , the creepiness and “super strength” of Rasputin, the family’s grisly murders , fake Anastasia’s and of course the long held mystery of if one of the girls survived before their skeletons were ultimately recovered. If it didn’t really happen you would think it was all made up in a book…

I don't remember his name but there was this famous composer who loved Shakespeare's Hamlet so much that when he died he donated his skull to The Royal Shakespearean Theatre so they could use it for the "Alas, poor Yorick" scene. So, if you know who he is, I would like him to be your next Iconic Corpse please.

“Stalin did do things like that... it’s one of the problems with Stalin” LOLOL

I have to admit to being heartbroken when I heard Anastasia had definitely died and had lain in an unmarked grave for so long. It was a hopeful story that she had escaped

The story of Anastasia seems like a happily ever after fairy tale but when you know the truth it's actually really tragic

Scientists: we tested the two new bodies for Romanov DNA. The church: yep. Scientists: the two new bodies match the Romanovs. The church: yep. Scientists: therefore, the two new bodies must be the missing Romanov children. The church: that makes sense. Scientists: so put them in the family tomb. The church: but they're not Romanovs.

I was named after the movie Anastasia. Boy, imagine my horror when I found out what actually happened to Anastasia

This video made me way more sad that I thought it would, damn :/ That picture of the basement wall completely destroyed sent chills down my spine. I hope they're resting in a better place now, no one deserves to die like that, specially the children

I had great grandparents who were Ukrainian. My great great grandfather was a cosack. They got out of Russian on 1903 Great timing. I'm glad that you mentioned the four retainers who died with them. They get ommited from history a lot. I have always been fascinated with the deaths of the Romanovs. And even more so about what happened to the bodies of the three servants and the doctor after they were found. I had heard that the relatives of the tzar had said "these people died with the family, they should be buried with them ". Or were the servants buried in separate graves? I've looked on the internet but found nothing. Would you happen to know what their fate was?

Florida man is chosen over the FBI to identify the Romanov remains. We live in the best timeline

That wasn't an execution, that was a massacre.

I read Dr. William Maples book Dead Men Do Tell Tales back in the '90s. He was a good storyteller too. I remember he wrote that he was sure the Russian anthropologist had mixed up some of Nicholas' bones with those of his valet, but added that the arms and hands of the valet had served Nicholas in life and it was all right if they did so in death. I also remember that he was impressed with Alexandra's dental work -- gold and porcelain crowns. Nicholas was scared of dentists and his teeth were bad.

All this horror is even more heartbreaking because, ultimately, things never really got better for the Russian people, and all these years later they're back to absolute rule. At least they've got vodka?

The funny thing about the legacy of the Romanovs is that for near a century, the Soviet Union wanted to erase the Romanovs from history and yet when their remains are found, the family were canonized as saints. Guess the Romanovs had their last laugh.

"We were working on molecular genetic testing at one time... Then Mr. Stalin shot the entire team. As a result, we began lagging behind" So passive agressive I love it

As a Russian I’m very thankful ❤ you made this legend feels so real and vibrant! You are an amazing person and talented speaker! Love your videos with my whole heart ❤️

"So there are these two skeletons found in the same place as all the other Romanovs, they are in the perfect age ranges to be Alexei and Maria, and our examinations put the likelihood of that being the case at 8,000,000,000,000 to 1 for Alexei and 4,000,000,000,000 to 1 for Maria" Russian Orthodox Church: "Yeah, not convinced"