Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, Moscow
Vasilyev S.V., e-mail: vasbor1@yandex.ru; Galeev Ravil
In connection with the approbation of the method of the skull angular morphometry in various expert assessments, the aim of our study is to compare the craniotrigonometry characteristics of all victims of the shooting in order to identify the kinship between them. To reach this goal, we have set the following objectives: to identify the shaping features inherited by the Grand Duchesses from the Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna; to trace through craniogramms similar characteristics of the imperial family; to determine parameters of the skull angular morphometry of the closest servants of the imperial family. We studied the skulls of nine individuals. Five of them belong to the imperial family as forensic and molecular genetic studies established. The remaining four skeletons were identified as belonging to the closest servants. The skulls was measured according to the author’s craniotrigonometry program in 1997. Based on the calculated angular parameters we have constructed craniogramm for the facial skeleton for the members of the imperial family. Intragroup component analysis was performed using «Statistica 7». Angular morphometry of the braincase. We have calculated and used angles based on symmetrical points. Principal components analysis was used to analyze angular characteristics. Since the angular characteristics depend poorly or almost do not depend on the absolute size, we took into one analysis both male and female skulls. Emperor Nicholas II and his daughter Olga are similar by the first and second components. This similarity on the one hand is due to the relatively narrow occiput and on the other hand to the high squama occipitalis. Angular morphometry of the facial skeleton. Comparing the angular characteristics of the facial skeleton of the daughters Olga, Tatiana and Anastasia with the characteristics of their parents, we can see a very strong resemblance of the shape of the face of Nicholas II and his daughter Anastasia, both numerically and on the comparative craniogramms. There is also a similarity between Alexandra Feodorovna and her daughters Olga and Tatiana in the shaping parameters of the zygomaxillare area and orbits. Identified mosaic traits of braincase shape and facial skeleton of daughters Olga, Tatiana and Anastasia can be explained by cross-inheritance of the shaping features.
anthropology, craniotrigonometry, skull angular morphometry, the Russian Imperial Romanov family, shaping angles parameters
Цит.: Vasilyev S.V., Galeev R. Skull angular morphometry of the last emperor of Russia Nicholas II, his family members and close servants // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 2/2014; с. 80-87
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