DNAtestingidentifiesninebonefragmentsfoundin an unmarked graveinaSiberianforestnearEkaterinburg as those of NicholasII — the lastczarofRussia — and membersofhis family.
In the Russia of CzarNicholasII, no secret was more closely guarded than the surprises inside the precious eggs he gave to his wife and mother each Easter.
One means of accomplishing the restoration of the Romanov dynasty (which ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917) that is apparently under active consideration would have the Russian government invite back into the country a twelve-year-old descendent of the last czar, NicholasII.