Researchers compared DNA of Alexei with that of living Romanov relatives . Results of the DNA analysis were published online and in the newspaper Channel One . Several of their staff members and servants also were killed . The Romanovs , the last Russian monarchy , were abolished in 1918 by Bolsheviks .
Researchers compared DNA of Alexei with that of living Romanov relatives . Results of the DNA analysis were published online and in the newspaper Channel One . The Romanovs , the last Russian monarchy , were abolished in 1918 by Bolsheviks .