FREE ESSAY ON ALEXEI ROMANOV

ALEXEI ROMANOV

Alexei Nicholaevich Romanov 
Adam Mitchell 2/6/01
A)1904-1910 
Alexei Nicholaevich Romanov was born the youngest of four daughters. To Nicholas Romanov
the second, and Alexandra Feodorovna Romanov. He was to be the Tsar of Russia. When he
was born he was diagnosed with hemophilia a disease which with one cut could be fatal for
you bleed a lot. This disease had been in the family for a long time. Anytime Alexei
would feel ill Grigorri Rasbutin would be summoned to the palace to cure Alexei and he
always did. As a child he often attended balls and attend formal functions with his
family. Occasionally he would get to act as the Tsarvich. All other times he was usually
in bed suffering excruciating pain because of his illness. During this time his mother
accompanied him all the time and therefore got a bad reputation for not loving her people
or her country. He was also not allowed to do much as a small child such as play with his
cousins or ride a bicycle. The only people he actually played with were his sisters.
Because of him not being allowed to do anything he was spoiled, and became very temper
mental. 
B)1910-1915
After World War 1 started Alexei's father took full control of the military. Alexei often
accompanied him in the military bases. One day Alexei was shocked to see children his age
with burns, bullet wounds or severed limbs. He immediately left the camp to return home.
On the way he got a cold, sneezed and popped a blood vessel and started bleeding
uncontrollably they chose a drastic method to stop the bleeding it worked and left Alexei
passed out.
C)1915-1917
During this time the war raged on between Russia and Germany. Russia was not doing very
good. At home the Tsar's wife drove the government into the ground and the Tsar's
popularity with the people went down. The Tsar's did not keep their people happy and they
sparked a revolution. Soon the Tsar was forced to abdicate his throne and upon his return
to Tsarskoe-Selo he and his family were arrested and put in jail. The people wanted to
share the rule with Nicholas. Like in England, they wanted a constitutional monarchy. 
D)1917-1918
During this time Nicholas did not give the power to Alexei because of his failing health.
He gave it to his Brother Michael Alexandrovich he gave the power to the people. Alexei
realized he would never be the Tsar. From April of 1917 to July of 1918 the royal family
was imprisoned. During this time the family had strong hope that they would be saved so
they sewed jewels into their undergarments. On July 17,1918 the royal family was woken up
early, and led to the basement they were told that they were to wait there for a car to
arrive. To their surprise they were told they are going to be put to death for crimes
against the people of Russia. Bullets had been fired at every one and the women would not
die because of the jewels the bullets could not go through. Because of Alexei's stays at
the camps he knew many of the guards, and one of the guards he knew was assigned to kill
him. The guard could not kill him but he was forced to he fired at his head the bullet
hit his left ear, Alexei fell to the ground. Later on as they were taking the bodies in a
truck to burry them, the truck got stuck in the mud. A local farmer was forced to carry
three body's wrapped in sheets. When one of them started to move he took it home, later
he discovered the Tsarvich Alexei. And made him one of his family members.
E)1917-1930
During this period Alexei took the name 
Vasily Filatov he lived in fear through out all these years afraid someone would find out
his secret, therefore he never talked about it with his new family. Many people could not
believe he was from a poor family. Because he was so well educated.
F)1930-1960
During this Time Alexei living as Vasily Filatov married and had 3 children Oleg Filatov,
Olga Filatov, Nadezha Filatov and Irina Filatov. Alexei carried on a normal life during
this time still keeping his secret.
G)1960-2000
Vasily Filatov(Alexei Romanov) died in 1982. After the discovery of the bones of the
Romanov Family in 1996, it was discovered that the bones of Alexei and Anastasia were
missing.
The study of the facial features of Alexei as a child and Vasily Vilatov are extremely
similar. Oleg the son of Vasily Filatov looks alot like Nicholas Romanov. Also many blood
samples from his children were taken. No one is actually sure that anyone survived the
execution of the Romanov famly. Another piece of evidence is that Vasily Falitov was deaf
in the left ear the same ear Alexei was shot in.