Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia a Hollywood film, and ends up being recognized by the Russian soldier who originally rescued her from her would-be assassins. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (; – July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Anastasia was the younger sister of Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, and Maria, and was the elder sister of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. She was murdered with her family by members of the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police, in Yekaterinburg on July 17,
Vasili IV of Russia hatchet and the block? He has nothing more important to do than conspire anew, to succeed, to have himself elected Tsar, to fall and during his fall to preserve more dignity and strength of spirit than he had ever had in his entire life." Only Pushkin's death in a duel at the age of 37 prevented him from composing further plays about the reigns of Tsars Dmitriy and Vasili IV. Vasili IV of Russia Vasili IV of Russia (, "Vasíliy Ivánovich Shúyskiy", other transliterations:" Vasily, Vasilii"; 22 September 155212 September 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after