Anastasia celebrated her birthday with the meringues improvised by the loyal cook, Kharitonov. She remained in the high spirits which had characterized her life. Here she is- as a baby- that fourth daughter the Empire was so distressed to see come into the world! But loved within her family- She was a playful if inattentive student, shown here in the schoolroom with Marie. She was a talented artist- this is her watercolor In the Ipatiev mansion - her time was not uneventful- when she dared peek from the open window- she was shot at it...She died just one month after her birthday
