Grand Duchess Anastasia

Could Anastasia have survived? Over a century has passed since Tsar Nicholas II, family and retinue were said to have been executed by Cheka forces in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Russian Urals. Historians, theologians, revered mavens of \u201cRomanovia,\u201dall reiterate sacrosanct versions of the event, immortalized in writing, stage and film depictions. However, the Russian Orthodox Church still hedges, at the time of this writing, about giving a definitive declaration of whose bones they possess and how history should be written. Persistent rumors that Anastasia, perhaps with Alexei, had survived, seem to fit the standard of Occam\u2019s Razor. It is the easiest, even if the most rejected, most vilified, and most unfathomable answer. \u201cEvgenia Smetisko\u201d defies denial. Mr. Robert \u201cBob\u201d Schmitt, an early founder of visual face recognition (VFR), announced after 2D/3D analyses, \u201cAnastasia and she are obviously the same woman.\u201d The reader will be intrigued to learn about the author\u2019s journey to uncover \u201cSmetisko\u2019s\u201d identity, and enlightened to read her own memoirs included in this book. Her life prior to the Revolution, subsequent exile, deprivation, escape, hardships, the strength of her faith and commitment to life will embolden readers in our equally perilous