Anastasia Romanov Research Paper

To Squeeze a Lemon Dry: How Princess Dashkova’s Memoir Reveals Common Themes Among Russia’s History

Before becoming the person she is now, Anna lived her childhood and adolescent years as a dreamer. Born to Yury Nikolaevich Netrebko (father) and Larisa Ivanova Netreko (mother), she was the singer and actress in a family of engineers. Since a she was a child, Anna

After a successful five year reign, Elena died surprisingly from either a heart attack or poison. Vasily Shuisky took the regency and showed no sympathy to Ivan. He threw his mother’s lover, Ivan Obolensky, into prison and ordered his nurse, Agrafena Cheliadnina, into a nunnery. The feuding boyar families of Belsky and Shuisky battled over power while Ivan was left neglected and served only to be a figurehead to whomever was in control of the Regency.

The fiction novella, The Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy reminded me of what death trends were like back in the 1900's, although this short novel was written in 1886. Ivan Ilych died in his very own home and his funeral also took place at his home, whereas today, most people die in hospitals or in hospice. Leo Tolstoy's purpose of writing this novella was to introduce the connection between the meaning of life and death. The Death of Ivan Ilych was written so that the reader could understand each character's point of view. The intended audience are for those who are interested in learning about death education.

Anastasia Nickolaevna Romanova, was the last Grand Duchess of Russia. She was born unto Nicholas II Tsar of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna on June 18, 1901, in Petergof, Russia. She had four siblings: three older sisters named Olga, Tatiana, and Maria, and a younger brother Named Alexei. Alexei was never in very good shape, he had hemophilia, and after he injured himself the only one who could ever make him feel better was Father Grigory(Rasputin). They lived in Tsarskeo Palace. While she was Younger she was taught spelling and prayers by her mother. As she grew older she was taught by many tutors. Anastasia was a very active and adventurous child. She would rather climb a tree than go to a ball. She loved to write short little skits

On a hot summer day of June 18, 1901, in Petergof, Russia, a strawberry-blonde blue eye baby girl was born. Her name was Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov, the youngest daughter of Nicholas the II, was the last person to rule over Imperial Russia, as well as his wife, Alexandra Fyodorovna. Anastasia had three older sisters named: Olga, Tatiana, and Maria. Anastasia was also the great-great-granddaughter to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom from her mother’s side of the family. Many people have known her as the missing Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, but before I inform you about her tragic death I must start from the beginning.

Almost everyone knows the story of Russian Princess Anastasia Romanov, but not everyone knows about her father, Tsar Nicholas II, and his role in his family’s banishment and death. The last Tsar of Russia was forced to abdicate his throne by the Russian people who wanted change, like how he is allegorized by Mr. Jones in George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

The story opens in an unusual but significant way. Rather than tell the reader of Ivan’s early years, Tolstoy presents the dead Ivan stretched out at home, attended by his wife and closest

Her full name was Alexandria Victoria. She was born May 24, 1819. She died in England on January 22, 1901 at the age of 81. She died in the Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Prince Albert was born August 26, 1819 and Prince Albert died on December 14, 1861.

The family’s life was about as normal as it could be until one fateful night a year after being moved to the Impatiev household. The family was asleep one evening when they were suddenly woken and told to get dressed. Anastasia was then led down to the cellar of the Impatiev house along with her sisters, brother, parents, and a few of the family’s servants. The family was told by the Bolsheviks they were being protected from an advancing attack, but were met with something much worse. As the Nikolaevna family entered the basement, they were bombarded with gunfire, sparing no

Then, in the middle of November 1796, Catherine was found dead on the floor of her bathroom after suffering from a stroke. Catherine was buried with her husband at the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. Catherine will always be remembered as one of Russia’s greatest

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The story starts with the funeral of Ivan Ilych. Some judges gather in a room in the courthouse and were told Ivan passed away. These judges were thrilled it wasn’t one of them. Then started to think about promotions and transfers that Ivan’s death brought about (Tolstoy, 1910). The story takes a turn to thirty years before. He attended School of Law at the age of thirteen. This is when he assimilates the values and behavior of those of higher standing (Tolstoy, 1910). I believe Ivan’s life is terrible by his own making. He is only friends with people of higher standing in the community. “He marries a woman whom he does not love because society dictates it is the appropriate thing to do” (Tolstoy, 1910). After becoming pregnant, his wife’s

Following their marriage, they both agreed that they did not like their ‘too modern” of a home in St. Petersburg at the Anichkov Palace and instead chose to live in seclusion in their new residency at Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo.2

The context of the next significant death in the novel decidedly contrasts the death of Nicholas Levin. Anna Karenina, after falling from grace and her elevated social stratum, desperately searches for meaning in her life. She fears that she no longer provides Count Vronsky with any sort of pleasure and constantly seeks to improve herself in order to keep his attention and love focused on her. In a constant state of inadequacy, Anna cannot even sleep without a heavy dose of opium. Anna grows dependent upon the drug, and one night, “She poured out her usual dose of opium and thought that she need only drink the whole phial in order to die, it seemed to her so easy and simple that she began thinking with pleasure of how he would suffer, repent, and love her memory when it was too late” (Tolstoy 680). Tolstoy foreshadows Anna’s demise in this passage. Anna feels that, were she to kill herself, she could finally solicit the attention and love she craves so adamantly. However, on further considering this avenue, “All was darkness. ‘Death!’ she thought. And such terror came upon her” (Tolstoy 680). She quickly dismisses this thought, desiring to live her life fully. However, the seeds of something horrible are planted in her mind.