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Have you ever considered the possibility that the constantly changing claims that were made by those murderous members of the Cheka Guard about the fate of the two missing Romanovs... are a sure sign of a deliberately concocted cover story?
Have you ever dared to consider the possibility that the disappearance of those two missing Romanovs was not an accident? Have you ever dared to consider the possibility that the disappearance of those two missing Romanovs had been the result of deliberate design?
Have you ever dared to consider the possibility that those very same members of the Cheka Guard who had puilled off this little deception had never managed to tell their cover story about those two missing bodies the same way twice... because they could never rememeber accurately the lies that they had agreed to tell?
Now, that one should surely stir up the pot! 
JK
It's certainly a thought when you consider that one of the first laws promulgated by Lenin's regime was that minors were no longer to be executed for any crimes. And we know that the Ekaterinburg Soviet -- a particularly unmerciful bunch -- showed mercy to Leonid Sednev, whose execution probably wouldn't have bothered anyone other than his family overly much. So of the three minors in the household, one is released, and two are missing -- it's worth a ponder, anyway.
~Penny, adding some spice to the pot...
Hi Penny
What about adding a little more heat to that pot.. something with some bite.. like a nice hot bit of jalapeño? :-)
Showing mercy to minors at a time of war is certainly a nice thought, but more than just a touch on the idealistic side.. especially when the survival of that one most historically important of those same three minors is.. potentially.. political dynamite.
The identity of the missing daughter is still in some question... but there is no question at all about the identity of the other of those two missing Romanovs.
That one missing Romanov whose identity is not in question is also the same missing Romanov who, as the sole Sovereign Heir, had stood to inherit everything of value that the warring parties on both sides of the revolution had wanted... in particular, the political power to rule Russia.. which as a minor, could be used to great advantage by anyone acting as a regent.
Could you ever dare to imagine that those same Cheka Guards might well have concocted a cover story of burned and buried missing bodies... in order to cover the deliberately planned survival of an heir who might have been seen as being far more valuable to both sides being alive rather than dead? ... A Sovereign heir who, because of his inheritance, could be seen as being far more valuable to his captors if he were safely hidden away, kept as a political pawn to be used by a manipulating regent if the need should ever arise in the future?
... and because of his health concerns, they might also consider keeping one of his four sisters alive to keep a safe watch over him, if the need should ever become necessary. The other nine captives would then be seen as expendable and their deaths would be used as a cold-hearted smokescreen in order to mask the truth of the Cheka Guards' deception.
Hypothetically, of course.
So.... Is that enough spice for the pot? ;-)
JK