Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the Russian royal family, was mischievous, intelligent, and lovable when she was a child. She was born on June 18, 1901, one of five children, and held the title Grand Duchess, as did her three sisters. She was a kind and loving girl and helped her mother visit and comfort wounded soldiers during World War I. However, being part of the Russian royal family during that time turned out to be disastrous. In February 1917, revolution broke out in Russia. Anastasia's father, Tsar Nicholas II, gave up the throne, and he and his family were placed under house arrest. This was not the end of their troubles. In October, the Communists started a second revolution in order to overthrow the temporary government that had replaced the Tsar. Anastasia and her family were moved to safety by the government, but the Communists eventually gained complete control of Russia, and the royal family was moved to what was to be their final destination, a house of special purpose in Yekaterinburg. In the early morning of July 17, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II and his family—wife, four daughters, and a son—were executed by the Russian secret police. Due to the fact that the location of her grave was largely unknown during the decades of Communist rule, Anastasia's possible survival became one of the best-known mysteries of the 20th century. Some people thought that she might have escaped the execution, helped secretly by one of the guards. Several women came forward and claimed to be her, hoping to become the heir to the tremendous wealth that the real Anastasia would have been entitled to. The most famous of these was Anna Anderson, who declared that she had faked her death among the bodies of the royal family members and had escaped with the help of a guard. Anna Anderson died in 1984, and DNA tests performed on her remains showed that she was not related to the royal family. Finally, in 2008, forensic investigations revealed that Anastasia was indeed killed with her family, and thus the rumors of her survival finally ended.
蘇俄皇室的小女兒安娜塔西亞，年幼時期十分淘氣、聰慧又討人喜歡。她生於1901年6月18日，還有四名手足，並且獲得與三位姐姐一樣的「女大公爵」封號。 她心地善良且悲天憫人，第一次世界大戰期間，還跟隨母親探望與關懷受傷的士兵。然而在那個年代，身為蘇俄皇室一員卻是件不幸的事。1917年2月，蘇俄發生大革命。安娜塔西亞的父親尼古拉二世放棄皇位，與家人遭軟禁於皇宮。但是厄運尚未結束。共產黨於十月掀起第二次革命，目的在於推翻取代尼古拉二世的臨時政府。雖然臨時政府將安娜塔西亞與其家人遷至安全之地，但共產黨最終全面掌控蘇俄，所有皇室被送往葉卡捷琳堡的一棟「特殊待遇別墅」，留下他們的最後身影。 1918年7月17日清晨，尼古拉二世、妻子與四女一子遭到蘇俄秘密警察處決。 在俄共統治的數十載期間，安娜塔西亞墓地一直下落不明，因此她很有可能逃過一劫，此說法成了20世紀最著名的謎團之一。有些人認為，或許有警衛偷偷協助脫困，讓安娜塔西亞逃過鬼門關。 不少女性現身自稱安娜塔西亞，目的在於繼承安娜塔西亞本尊能享有的可觀遺產。其中最知名的分身就是安娜．安德森，她宣稱自己倒臥在皇室家人的遺體之間裝死，並透過警衛幫助而順利逃離。安娜．安德森逝於1984年，她的遺體經過DNA 檢驗後，證實與皇室沒有血緣關係。2008年，法醫調查結果終於揭露安娜塔西亞確實與家人共赴黃泉的事實，而她生死未卜之謎也終於落幕。 | 
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