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: BOOKS THEY LEFT BEHIND (EKATERINBURG)

ROMANOV FAMILY: BOOKS THEY LEFT BEHIND (EKATERINBURG)

As a librarian, of course this topic is of great interest to me: which books did the Romanov family bring into exile with them and what did they read during their dreary days of captivity? About 10 years ago, in 2005, I was very fortunate to have the chance to work with the Romanov family books directly – when I did an internship at the Rare Book Department of The Tsarskoe Selo Museum. Their collection consisted of numerous books, many of which had inscriptions of the Romanov family members in them. I will do another story on those later! Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: BOOKS THEY LEFT BEHIND (EKATERINBURG)

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CHAMPION OF ROMANOV FAMILY: RIP GELI RYABOV

Geli Ryabov published a book called "How It Happened. The Romanovs: Hiding of bodies, search, aftermath.
Geli Ryabov published a book called “How It Happened. The Romanovs: Hiding of bodies, search, aftermath.”

Geli Trofimovich Ryabov passed away today – October 16, 2015 – on the 84th year of life. Film director, screenwriter, acclaimed author whose work I often referenced for my own books.

Born in 1932 in an ordinary family, he graduated from Moscow Institute of Law in 1954, then worked as an investigator, and later as Assistant to Minister of Internal Affairs. But in his mind, his biggest achievement was taking part in the discovery of the remains of the Romanov family. Read more CHAMPION OF ROMANOV FAMILY: RIP GELI RYABOV

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И снова об останках императорской семьи Романовых. Кто и для чего сеет сомнения в подлинности останков, упокоенных в Петропавловском соборе?

Маргарита Нелипа, Канберра, Австралия.

Хелен Азар, Нью Джерси, США.  

Oстанки императорской семьи Романовых
Oстанки императорской семьи Романовых

И снова об останках императорской семьи Романовых.  Кто и для чего сеет  сомнения в подлинности останков, упокоенных в Петропавловском соборе?

«Правда о смерти Царя – это правда о страданиях России».

Н. Соколов Read more И снова об останках императорской семьи Романовых. Кто и для чего сеет сомнения в подлинности останков, упокоенных в Петропавловском соборе?

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ROMANOV REMAINS: INVESTIGATION REOPENED! UPDATE: EXHUMATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED

The Romanov family
The Romanov family

Criminal investigation into the deaths of Russian Imperial  Family Romanov has been reopened

23 September, 2015.

Russian Investigative Committee reopened the criminal investigation of the deaths of the members of the Russian Imperial Family Romanov and their retainers. Read more ROMANOV REMAINS: INVESTIGATION REOPENED! UPDATE: EXHUMATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED

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