ROMANOV FAMILY: THEIR REAL “KITCHEN BOY” – LEONID SEDNEV

Leonid "Lyonka" Sednev. the Romanov family's kitchen boy.
Leonid “Lyonka” Sednev, the Romanov family’s “kitchen boy”, the last playmate of Tsarevich Alexei, and the only survivor of the House of Special Purpose.

 

In 2004 author Robert Alexander published a novel called “The Kitchen Boy“, which shortly became a bestseller.  About 10 years later, a Hollywood movie  with the same title went into production, to be released in late 2015.

But who was the real “kitchen boy” – Leonid Ivanovich Sednev – a boy who was just a year older than Tsarevich Alexei and the latter’s last friend and comrade. The boy who faithfully served the Romanov family at the Ipatiev House,  their last household in Ekaterinburg, until just a day before their murder.

Leonid “Lyonka” Sednev became the only human survivor from the “House of Special Purpose”- the last residence of the Romanov family, where the family of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, met all their deaths. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: THEIR REAL “KITCHEN BOY” – LEONID SEDNEV

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ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS UPDATE: ALEXANDER III’S DNA STUDY STARTED

Tsar Alexander III and his son Tsar Nicholas II.
Tsar Alexander III and his son Tsar Nicholas II.

3 November, 2015.  The studies of the tissue samples from the tomb of Tsar Alexander III, located at the St Peter & Paul Fortress began today,  announced the Senior Investigator Criminologist on the case, Vladimir Solovyov. He did not mention the exact date of when the actual exhumation of the Tsar’s remains took place.

Before starting this work, the Vicar of Holy Trinity of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Bishop of Kronstadt Lord Nazariy performed a litia prayer at the fortress.

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TATIANA ROMANOV: DAUGHTER OF THE LAST TSAR. DIARIES AND LETTERS 1913-1918.

TATIANA ROMANOV: DAUGHTER OF THE LAST TSAR. DIARIES AND LETTERS 1913-1918.

 Tatiana Romanov, Daughter of the Last Tsar: Diaries and Letters, 1913–1918 has been released last month.

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DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: “LITTLE ONE”, “BABY” – TSAREVICH ALEXEI

 

Tatiana
Grand Duchess Tatiana and Tsarevich Alexei

From the diary of Tatiana Romanov:

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