Did you watch the 1997 classic “Anastasia” as a kid? We’re willing to bet the villain Rasputin – who sells his soul to kill the Romanov family in the movie – showed up in your nightmares.

She was entranced by the Tsar's daughters, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, who were about the same age. The entire Romanov family came to depend on Rasputin's supposed healing practices ...

Instead, Smith is considered to be one of several Romanov impersonators who claimed to be Anastasia in the decades following the royal family’s execution, capitalizing on rampant speculation at ...

Learn about the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, the Bolsheviks, communism, the notorious Rasputin, rumors of cannibalism and acute poverty during the ...