The head of the State Archives: the tomb of Alexander III vskroyut Tuesday – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, November 23 – RIA Novosti. Specialists can on Tuesday to open the tomb of Alexander III in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg for genetic examination of the case of the death of the royal family, told RIA Novosti the head of the State Archive Sergey Mironenko .

In October, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill addressed the government with a request to carry out a comparative genetic studies of the remains of Nicholas II and his father – the Emperor Alexander III. According to the ROC, the positive results of such examination will be the indisputable proof of the authenticity of the remains of Nicholas II and his family

“Experts will continue genetic research. While the studies conducted on the mitochondrial DNA, further studies of the Y chromosome. I think that the tomb be opened tomorrow, “- said Mironenko Monday.

He said that since the investigations are carried out in the Moscow laboratories, most likely the remains for further research be given from St. Petersburg to the capital. At the same time the date of burial of the remains of the royal family will depend on the speed of research.

Earlier Mironenko told RIA Novosti that the burial of the remains of the royal family may be held in February next year.

In the fall, investigators resumed investigation the deaths of members of the Russian Imperial House of Romanov, instituted in 1993 following the discovery of a group of burial in the vicinity of Yekaterinburg. At the end of September it was carried out the exhumation of the remains of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna. There were also traces of blood samples taken from the clothes of the Emperor Alexander II.

In this case, the official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said that studies have once again point to the authenticity of the test “Yekaterinburg remains”. For example, the remains of Nicholas II was identified by a rare genetic mutation – heteroplasmy. Later, the director of the Office of the House of Romanov, Alexander Sunsets told RIA Novosti that the imperial house waiting for the end of the examinations, but “the final word will tell the Church”.