Talk:Romanov impostors

Impostor or claimant

By my opinion, these people were impostors, not claimants.

Claimant, as is in Wiktionary, is "One who claims; one who makes a claim."

Impostor is "Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity."

Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia is claimant to Russian throne , because she can be Empress of Russia. Other claimant is Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, because he can be Emperor. Both are descendants of czars and validity of their claims depends on different views on law. And of course, both are not impersonators.

But people like Alexis Brimeyer, sentenced by court to jail for impersonating, are only impostors and impersonators.--Yopie 17:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Romanov Impostors

Well done ! It's a good thing the article has been changed from Romanov Claimants to Romanov Impostors. "Claimant" signifies that they have some legitimate claim, that is not the case with any of these people. They were all impostors and the vilest was Franziska Schanzkowska.

The change in the article name was long overdue.

Well done !

Tovojolo (talk) 22:47, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Michael Gray

The link on the page is to 'the wrong person' - impostering the imposter? Also the paragraph needs restructuring (Marina could not marry herself). Jackiespeel (talk) 16:43, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Having read the book: there is some interesting 'obscure history'; Nikolai Chebotarev (not to be confused with Nikolai Chebotaryov) is one of the 'interesting persons in the margins of history', the author's family history is 'slightly unusual' and there is a certain amount of 'creative history and supposition.' Jackiespeel (talk) 22:39, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

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