Remains of tsar's heir may have been found

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Source: The Guardian

Almost 90 years after imperial Russia's last tsar was executed with his wife and children by a Bolshevik firing squad, the family may be reunited once more.

Archaeologists believe the newly discovered remains of a boy and a young woman are those of Nicholas II's only son, Alexei, and a daughter, Maria.

Alexei, who was 13 and first in line to the throne, was murdered with his sister and the rest of his family in the basement of a nobleman's house in Yekaterinburg, central Russia, as the pro-tsarist white army approached at the height of the Russian civil war in 1918.

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A representative of the Romanov family, who had ruled Russia since the mid-18th century, was cautious. Speaking from London, Ivan Artseshchevsky said: "It is necessary to treat these findings very cautiously."



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[Felix Mala]

1. There's a representative of the Romanov family who is more than 250 years old?

Surely the Guardian would know that it was the Romanov's "whom" ruled Russia since the mid-18th century.

[lynnertic]

2. actually that would be "who"

"whom" is an object pronoun and "who" is a subject pronoun.
http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/who_whom.html

[snooper2]

5. :)

:)

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. Romanov family pictures

http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/royal20.htm



and Romanov Family Tree

http://www.ourheritage.net/great_adventures/Waterways_of_Russia/Romanov_chart.html

[JenniferJuniper]

3. Certainly took them long enough

to find them, especially since it sounds like they were found in the same general area as the others. The girl is probably Anastasia, and not Maria, however. Anastasia was a good deal shorter than the other daughters and the young women found in the original pit were all around the same height. Seems as though the Russians wanted to dissuade the Hollywood notion that she had somehow survived.

[mopinko]

6. we had a local crazy lady in chicago

who swore she was anastasia. i'm sure there were plenty of them around.

[David__77]

7. I'm glad Russia is a republic.

That's about all I can say...