Russian Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatyana, Maria, Anastasia, Tsarevich AlexeiMOSCOW , Jan 30The legend that the heads of representatives of the Romanov royal family after their murder in 1918 were cut off and taken to Moscow as proof of their death was not confirmed by the investigation, said the senior investigator for especially important cases under the chairman of the RF Investigative Committee, Major General of Justice Marina Molodtsova in a documentary «The case of the Romanovs. The investigation has established.» «There was such a legend or opinion that they (the heads) were taken to Moscow as evidence. The experts who conducted the historical and archival examination did not find a single official document, not a single memoir, nor one protocol of interrogation of the investigative actions of Sokolov (lawyer Nikolai Sokolov, who investigated the murder of the royal family on behalf of the «supreme ruler of Russia» Alexander Kolchak in 1919 — ed.) about where at least somehow or someone spoke about the decapitation of heads. was not,” Molodtsova said in the film “The Romanov Case. Investigation established,” shown on Channel One.
The UK published the third volume of a book on the investigation into the murder of the royal family. Historian Yevgeny Pchelov said in the film that earlier the main argument in favor of this version was that no large bone fragments of teeth were found at the site of the alleged destruction of the bodies of the royal family. «Cervical chains were found with traces of chopping, that they were somehow dissected. Since they were dissected, this does not mean that the heads were cut off — this means that they were removed, and the easiest way to remove them is to cut them,» — he added. The last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family were shot in the summer of 1918 in Yekaterinburg. In 1991, a burial was opened in a place called Porosenkov log near Yekaterinburg (presumably, the remains of the royal couple, three daughters — grand duchesses, and their entourage). In 2007, another burial was found not far from this place (possibly, Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria). In 2000, the Russian Church canonized Nicholas II and members of his family as saints. After the opening of the burial near Yekaterinburg, the remains of members of the imperial family were buried in the tomb of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg. However, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) did not recognize the remains as genuine due to lack of evidence.»Pies or an English Bullet». Who killed the most famous Russian elder In July 2018, a representative of the RF IC reported that complex molecular genetic examinations confirmed that the remains found in the Porosenkov Log area near Yekaterinburg belonged to members of the royal family and their entourage. In addition, experts established the relationship of Emperor Alexander III, whose remains were exhumed in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, and the deceased person, identified as Nicholas II. In July 2020, Molodtsova told reporters that the human remains found in 2007 in the Piglet Log belong to the children of Nicholas II Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria. In January 2022, the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk (Alfeev), stated that, in his opinion, «nothing today prevents the recognition of the authenticity of the Yekaterinburg remains.» In his opinion, the members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church «have no doubts about the authenticity of the remains, but the decision should be up to the top leadership of the church, and the top leadership of the church is the Council of Bishops.» The Council of Bishops, tentatively scheduled for May 2022, may decide in favor of the authenticity of the remains if the arguments in favor of this prevail and the fullness of the church agrees, the Metropolitan added.
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