- Title: Bulgaria-Russia: Remains Of Tzar's Two Youngest Children Probably Found
- Date: 1st July 1995
- Summary: A Bulgarian forensic scientist believes that a Russian migr who settled in Bulgaria was Anastasia, the missing daughter of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas the II of the Romanov Russian family. Maria Grozeva is currently analysing the bones of Eleonora Albertova, which were exhumed earlier this month in the village of Gabarevo, some 200 kilometres (140 miles) east of the capital, Sofia. Albertova and her brother - known as George Zhudin and believed by local people to have been Crown Prince Alexei, the Tsar's heir apparent - arrived in Bulgaria in 1922 after escaping from newly communist Russia. Nicholas and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. The remains of his two youngest children, Anastasia and Alexei, have never been found. George died of tuberculosis in 1930 but Albertova, who outlived him by 24 years, impressed local people with her refined manners, command of foreign languages and general secretiveness. However, she never claimed any link with the Romanov dynasty. Grozeva said they had arrived in Bulgaria with a Russian doctor known as Pyotr Alekseyev. He survived Albertova by several years and on his deathbed, Grozeva said, confided in a friend that he had been entrusted by the Tsar to safeguard his two youngest children. The remains of the tsar and the other members of his family were discovered in 1991 outside the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and identified through DNA tests. The graves of Albertova and Zhudin fell into ruin because the cemetery was moved away in 1956. Thanks to the help of a local priest, Grozeva and another Bulgarian top scientist believe they have identified the grave site. The bones the team exhumed from the site were too damaged for a photo- graphic comparison to be made but Grozeva hopes DNA testing will solve the mystery. NOTE: Date is approximate. This clip may contain footage from multiple events; exact date or dates may be unknown.
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