Joy, the dog of Tsarevich Alexei, was the only member of the Romanov household to survive the 1918 execution, and recent findings confirm his survival.
TIL a dog named Joy was the only member of Nicholas II household to survive the family’s execution. The Bolsheviks murdered the former Tsar, his wife,their five children,four retainers, and two other dogs, but spared Joy because he didn’t bark. Joy was later rescued and lived out his days in England
