Russia announces plan to bury last Tsar's heir and daughter
September 11, 2015 23:52
Russia today announced a proposal to finally bury the remains of Tsar Nicholas II's son and heir Alexei and daughter Maria alongside their family in Saint Petersburg next month.
But a government spokeswoman cautioned the plan had not been given final approval, amid objections from the Russian Orthodox Church.
A high-level government task force put forward a proposal for the burial to take place in Russia's former imperial capital on October 18.
The task force "will propose to the government the holding of a burial ceremony of the remains of Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria on October 18," it said after meeting on Friday.
But Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's spokeswoman, Natalia Timakova, later told RIA Novosti state news agency "there has not been a final decision on the date."
She said that further consultations would be held, including with the Russian Orthodox Church.
The task force proposed that the burial take place in the former imperial capital's Peter and Paul Cathedral, where Nicholas II, his wife and their three other children were buried in 1998.
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