Anatoly Ionov (born 1936) is a Russian man who claims to be the son of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia.
Ionov claims that Anastasia and her brother Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia were rescued and hidden by loyalists to the monarchy in the Russian Urals.
[1] Instead, Ionov claims Anastasia was turned over to Ksenia Karetnikova, the wife of the People's Commisar Semen Budenny.
Ionov claims that Anastasia was murdered in August 1936 and her death covered up as a suicide caused by post-partum depression.
[1] In 1991–2007, the remains of Grand Duchess Anastasia and all of her family were discovered and identified by DNA testing, disproving his story.