Russian Nobility. The only son of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra. Stricken by hemophilia, he could not live a normal life, as his tutor wrote "he enjoyed life, when it let him." He was adored by his parents and sisters, being very mischievous and intelligent. He inherited his father's charm and love of the Russian Army, whom he saw on his visits to the front during the World War I. He and his whole family were shot at Ekaterinburg in July of 1918 by the Bolshevik Red Guards. In 2008, it was determined that the remains found the previous year near most of the Romanov family belonged to Alexei. The royal family has been sainted by The Russian Synod Abroad as well as The Moscow Patriarchate.
Russian Nobility. The only son of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra. Stricken by hemophilia, he could not live a normal life, as his tutor wrote "he enjoyed life, when it let him." He was adored by his parents and sisters, being very mischievous and intelligent. He inherited his father's charm and love of the Russian Army, whom he saw on his visits to the front during the World War I. He and his whole family were shot at Ekaterinburg in July of 1918 by the Bolshevik Red Guards. In 2008, it was determined that the remains found the previous year near most of the Romanov family belonged to Alexei. The royal family has been sainted by The Russian Synod Abroad as well as The Moscow Patriarchate.
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Alexei's remains have been transferred to the Novospassky Monastery from the State Archives since the scheduled reburial at the Peter and Paul Cathedral was cancelled in October of 2015.
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