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He was born in 1904. A long awaited son and heir to the throne, he was a hope of the Russian Empire and ultimately of the whole world. Wasn't the hemophilia he suffered from just another form of stigmata that enabled him to bear the karma of humanity? Who knows. He came to this world in answer to the prayer of the nation and for the fulfillment of God's plan for the planet. He did not make it that time. But the next time he won.
This is the "Lower Dacha", one of summer residences of the imperial family in the town of Peterhoff near St. Petersburg. Tsarevich Alexis was born here on July 30, 1901. The building was destroyed during World War II and has not been restored yet.
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"The coat of arms of the Town of Royal Peace"
The family spent summer in Tsarskoye Selo, or Royal Village—a little town in the vicinity of the capital city.
Now we know where Mark's moustache comes from...
These charming young ladies are his cousins from of of the royal famillies of Europe.
And this man is his "dyad'ka", or personal coach and caretaker
His mother loved him so much
He was 10 when World War I started. While his sisters worked at hospitals, he accompanied his father who was the Supreme Commender-in-Chief of the Russian Army
After the February revolution, from March to August 1917, the family lived under arrest in the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo
His classroom
Alexis's bedroom
And this is the room that he shared with his parents in the Ipatiev house in Ekaterinburg where the family was murdered
The diary of Tsarevich Alexis was taken by one of the guards and found afterwards
The last shot
The Lower Dacha, the place of his birth, is still in ruins
And in the upper park, next to the little suburbian palace that also served as a home for several generations of the royal family, a bronze statue of a boy bears the memory of the one who once was the hope of the nation. He did not make it that time. But the next time he won.
Someone created a symbolic tomb out of bricks and stones of the ruined building.