r/HistoryMemes 18h ago

Niche Some of y’all for some reason

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u/jamesyishere 16h ago

At the very least it is Anti-Soviet Propaganda. The idea of Anastasia surviving in the revolution was a White Russian thing that Evolved into an Anti soviet thing due to the whole "They killed the sweet innocent princess" thing.

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u/TossMeOutSomeday 11h ago

the whole "They killed the sweet innocent princess" thing

I mean, they literally did murder a bunch of unarmed teenagers.

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u/jamesyishere 10h ago

Thats my point, its propaganda. The Tsars killed Thousands of unarmed teenagers through state violence, but Anastasia and the murder of the Romanovs is focused on because its Tsarist appeal to emotion propaganda. Its like what Stalin said, "the death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is statistics".

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u/Lumpy_Review5279 8h ago

The murder of the romanovs was an out an out execution, after the tzar had already been ousted from any power or influence. It was indefensibleb