Is it true that Alexey Kosygin is the son of Nicholas II?

The theory is widespread on the Internet that the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR was actually the heir to the imperial throne who was able to avoid death in 1918. We checked the veracity of this statement.

The authors are numerous blog entries, news notes And Video They tell their readers and spectators that the son of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II of Tsarevich Alexei was not shot by the Bolsheviks in 1918. He continued to live in Soviet Russia and even made a dizzying career under the name of Alexei Kosygin, heading the Council of Ministers of the USSR from 1964 to 1980.

For the first time, this theory was nominated in an article by a certain Sergey Zhelenkov “Tsar’s family: real life after an imaginary execution”, published In the newspaper "President" on February 23, 2015. As arguments in favor of the identity of the Soviet Prime Minister and Tsarevich Alexei, the author indicates, in particular, the coincidence of the name and patronymic (Alexei Nikolaevich), the year of birth (1904), a certain similarity in the photographs. Also, supporters of this version mention gaps in the biography of Kosygin regarding his childhood (about him, by memories He did not like to remember acquaintances, the Soviet official did not like to remember), as well as his rapid career take -off (he became the People’s Commissar of Light Industry at 34 years old). Also, without references to sources, the article states that Stalin called Kosygin the prince in private conversations and that the British Queen Elizabeth II, the head of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, was supposedly large at the head of the Council of Ministers of the USSR.

How much is this version of verification? First of all, contrary to skeptics, there are documentary evidence confirming the official version of the origin of Kosygin. In the Metric Book of the St. Petersburg Church in the name of the Monk Sampsonia, a strange-to-person for 1904, stored in the Central State Historical Archive of St. Petersburg (Foundation 19. Petrograd spiritual consistory. Inventory 127. The case is 1556. L. 1, 88 of-89) preserved Record On the birth of February 21 (according to the Julian calendar) and the baptism of March 7, Alexei, the son of Nikolai Ilyich Kosygin, the peasant of the village of Amerova Parfentievsky volost of the Kolomensky district of the Moscow province, and his legal wife Matrona Alexandrovna. On the Internet published And some children's and youth photos of Alexei Kosygin himself and his relatives.

Kosygin’s career was not unique by the standards of the USSR of the 1930s, when a large turnover of personnel took place due to mass terror and young people were appointed to leading positions. So, another future member of the Politburo of the Brezhnev era Dmitry Ustinov was appointed People's Commissar of Armament at 33.

It is important that, according to numerous memories, Tsesarevich Alexei suffered from a rare serious illness - hemophilia, which is innate in nature and still remains incurable. Regarding Kosygin, there is not a single certificate of the presence of this ailment. On the contrary, it is known that until the advanced years he led an active lifestyle and was playing sports, which is little compatible with hemophilia. Seriously his health worsened Only after in 1976 (at the age of 72) he almost drowned, rising on a kayak, and suffered a clinical death.

On the other hand, the fate of Emperor Nicholas and his relatives, including the son of Alexei, today can be considered almost reliably known. A comprehensive study of the remains found in 1991 and 2007 near Yekaterinburg, near the road to the village of Koptyaki, Confirmed Their belonging to the royal family. In particular, the completely decrypted DNA of the remains was compared with the genetic material of the living at that time the descendants of the Romanovs (in particular, Prince Philip, wife of Elizabeth II). In addition, in the analysis of DNA in the alleged remains of Alexei Romanov, a mutation of the X chromosome was revealed, which caused the hemophilia type B (the results of the study were presented, in particular, in article in the journal Science). The real arguments against the authenticity of the Yekaterinburg remains have not yet been represented, and the absence of their recognition by the Russian Orthodox Church Explained First of all, ideological reasons.

The author of the article that formed the basis of the conspiracy theory deserves special attention. “Verified” could not detect information about the presence of historical education in Sergei Zhelenkov, publications in reviewed scientific journals, experience in authoritative research institutions or participation in major academic conferences. But on the website of the newspaper "President" he posted several dozen texts in which, in particular, called President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev's nephew Kosygin (and, accordingly, the grandchildren of Nicholas II), accused The plans for the collapse of Russia of the Jews and Predictedthat in 2017, the President of Ukraine will be the ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili (from this, the Rothschilds allegedly begin a new world revolution). At the same time, Zhelrenkov does not give references to sources and evidence. The publicist also supports the conspiracy theory that the US Federal Reserve has been created thanks to the Russian gold reserve (“verified” has already published analysis About why this is not so).

Photo on the cover: collage Yoichi Okamoto / Boasson and Eggler Via Wikimedia Commons

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