Eugenia Smith
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Eugenia Smith, also known as Eugenia Drabek Smetisko, was one of several Romanov impostors who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Imperial Ru
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Anna Anderson
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Anna Anderson was an impostor who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia, Nicholas II and Alexandra, was mu
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…Ekaterinburg, and "she escaped" the massacre. Although after World War II there were at least ten claimants to the identity of Grand Duchess Anastasia, only Anna Anderson and Eugenia Smith achieved more than a small circle of believers. The true Anastasia was killed along with her parents and siblings on July 17, 1918…
Anderson in 1922
Photographs taken of Anna Anderson at Dalldorf Asylum after her suicide attempt in 1920.
A comparison on the side profiles of Anastasia Nikolaevna and Anna Anderson, created by Pierre Gilliard
Franziska Schanzkowska, c. 1913