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New DNA tests on bones of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, and his family confirm they are authentic. Researchers exhumed Nicholas's father Alexander III — himself assassinated in 1881 — to prove "they are father and son."
The test results could lead to the Russian Orthodox Church recognizing the remains for a full burial. It said it would consider the findings and commended the progress of the investigation.
Nicholas II, his German-born wife and their five children were shot by Bolsheviks as a consequence of the October Revolution of 1917. The bodies of the last members of the Romanov dynasty were thrown into a mineshaft, before being burned and hurriedly buried by the killers. They were first tracked down by amateur historians in 1979, although the discovery was only revealed in 1991. The Russian Orthodox Church had recognized the ex-tsar as a martyred saint in 1981.
[Ed. note: Anastasia's supposed escape and possible survival was one of the most popular historical mysteries of the 20th century, False reports of survival]
(Score: 2) by legont on Friday July 20 2018, @01:22AM
Hmmm... I wonder why the US administration sanctions against Russia are targeting mostly Russian Jews. The biggest one being Deripaska https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Deripaska, [wikipedia.org] a Jew who owns Rusal as well as the biggest house in Washington. Perhaps because he stole Rusal from an Uzbekistan-Izraeli Jew Michael Cherney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cherney [wikipedia.org] who himself is a sponsor of a very interesting organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intelligence_Summit [wikipedia.org]
There got to be Putin and Russian church here somewhere - any help finding it?
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