Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (Цесаревич Алексей Николаевич Poмaнoв Cesarevič Aleksej Nikolaevič Romanov), full title: Heir, Tsarevich and Grand Duke (Наследник-Цесаревич и Великий Князь Naslednik-Cesarevič i Velikij Knjaz) ( 12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918), of the House of Romanov, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of Russia, being the youngest child and the only son of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Feodor...
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Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (Цесаревич Алексей Николаевич Poмaнoв Cesarevič Aleksej Nikolaevič Romanov), full title: Heir, Tsarevich and Grand Duke (Наследник-Цесаревич и Великий Князь Naslednik-Cesarevič i Velikij Knjaz) ( 12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918), of the House of Romanov, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of Russia, being the youngest child and the only son of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna. His mother's reliance on the starets Grigori Rasputin to treat Alexei's haemophilia helped bring about the end of Imperial Russia. His murder in Ekaterinburg on 17 July 1918, following the Russian Revolution of 1917, resulted in his canonization many decades later as a passion bearer of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Alexei was born on 12 August 1904 (30 July, O.S.) in Peterhof. He was the youngest of five children, and the only boy. His older sisters were the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. He was doted on by his...
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