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Genealogy for princess Anastasia of Smolensk (c.1387 - 1422) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Yury Dmitriyevich of Zvenigorod
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- circa 1387
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In the 16th century, Kostroma’s monasteries and churches were patronized by Ivan the Terrible, but they also suffered during a period of social and political turbulence that wracked the country during the latter part of Ivan’s reign. This period culminated in the early 17th-century during a dynastic crisis known as the Time of Troubles. Amid a coll...
The centerpiece of the new Kostroma city plan was the masterful design of Ekaterinoslav (“glory to Catherine”) Square in 1781-84. The square became the organizing point for a radiating network of streets and a complex of trading rows (shopping galleries) built of brick instead of highly flammable wood and canvas. Because of its deep connections wit...
During a visit in 1835, Emperor Nicholas I presided over the rededication of the central ensemble as “Susanin Square,” in honor of Ivan Susanin, a peasant who sacrificed his life to protect Mikhail Romanov from a Polish force seeking to capture him in 1613. Nicholas was particularly interested in promulgating Susanin’s deed as a symbol of the devot...
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Mar 3, 2017 · The icon was eventually installed in the cathedral, which was completed in the 1140s by Monomakh’s grandson, Rostislav Mstislavich (1110-1167), who ruled in Smolensk from 1125 until 1160. The ...
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Anastasia, grand duchess of Russia and youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, last emperor of Russia. She was killed with the other members of her immediate family in 1918 following the October Revolution, but numerous women claimed to be the still-living Anastasia in the following years.
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- Who was Anastasia?Anastasia was a grand duchess of Russia and the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia.
- How did Anastasia die?After the October Revolution that marked the beginning of the Soviet regime, Anastasia was confined in the Urals along with the rest of the imperia...
- Did Anastasia escape her executors?No. Numerous women—most famously Anna Anderson—claimed to be Anastasia and thus heir to the Romanov fortune. Each said she had survived the executi...
1 Anastasia of SMOLENSK =Yuri Dmitrievich of ZVEDNIGOROD 2 Dmitry Shemyaka of ZVENIGOROD 2 Dmitriy Krasnyi of ZVENIGOROD 2 Vasiliy 'The Cross-Eyed' of ZVENIGOROD.
Feb 07 2020. William Brumfield. Historian and architectural expert William Brumfield discovers the history of one of central Russia’s ancient religious sites. Kostroma. Epiphany-St. Anastasia...
