Scientists have identify human cadaver as belonging to Russia ’s last tsar Nicholas II and his category , dating back a one C .

Bones thought to belong to to the family , let in the Tsar , his German - born wife , and some of their five child , were first bring out in 1979 . But the authenticity of them had remain in question ever since .

Now new genetic tests on the bone , ordered by the Russian Orthodox Church , have " confirmed the cadaver found belonged to the former Emperor Nicholas II , his phratry appendage and members of their entourage , "   theAFPsaid , quote the Investigative Committee .

Nicholas II and his fellowship were killed on the dark of July 16 , 1918 , by the Bolsheviks , following the February Revolution of 1917 . The family had been imprisoned since then , before being executed by their guard almost exactly 100 years ago .

The remains had been found in a mass grave in the Urals , but upon discovery werere - buriedat a Saint Petersburg duomo . However , as only three of the five children were buried with the family – two were found afterwards at a dissimilar place in 2007 – questions had remained regarding their indistinguishability .

But these a la mode tests exhume Nicholas ’ father , Alexander III , to confirm they were founding father and son . And they also confirmed that the latter two children come across in 2007 were the two remaining tiddler , Alexei and Maria .

While the other clappers had antecedently been canonise and reburied , Alexei and Maria had not . Now that their identity has been corroborate , it ’s probable that will hap , although there had been some expectation it would take place before the 100th anniversary of the execution of instrument .

That itself was reportedly agrim affair . The family and their entourage were lined up for a exposure before a Bolshevik dismissal squad gunned them down , bayonet any that survived .

Yesterday chiliad of Russian pilgrimswalked in processionto mark the 100th anniversary of the slaying , led by Patriarch Kirill , capitulum of the Russian Orthodox Church . They walk from the “ Church of Blood ” , built on the site where the execution make place , to where the clay were come up about 21 kilometers ( 13 miles ) by .

While the investigation into the stiff is still ongoing , it reckon like one of the major qualms with their identity can now be put to residuum .