Bob Atchison Credible because he's been on t.v. ????

On Bob Atchison's Alexander Palace Time Machine he writes about himself:

The Alexander Palace Time Machine began in 1996 when the first version went live on the web. It was the creation of Bob Atchison, whose life has been dedicated to the Alexander Palace and its restoration. His passion for the palace began when he was a boy of eight in Seattle, Washington, when he first read about the palace and the fate of the last Tsar and his family.

In the late 1970's Bob made his first of many trip to the palace over the years. In the early 1990's he was instrumental in the designation of the palace as an endangered monument by the World Monuments Fund and was chief historian on the WMF's first expedition to the palace. Bob has appeared on PBS, the Discovery Channel and A&E Television on issues related to the Romanovs and the palace.

Bob's story was told in Reader's Digest "The Boy Who Dreamed of a Palace" which is linked at left. (1993)

Just a few links to newspaper articles about Bob and his work for the palace:

Houston Chronicle August 25, 1996: http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1996_1361492 and

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1996_1361493

Wall Street Journal September 9, 1997 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB873762259493806000.html?mod=googlewsj

Radio Free Europe interviewed Bob about his work with the World Monuments Fund to save the palace and open it as a museum, Russia: Tsar's Palace Receives New Lease On Life By Lindsay Percival-Straunik- 12 May 1997

Since the creation of the Alexander Palace Time Machine the site has grown to become the largest and most popular website for Romanov and Russian history. Over 1 million people visit the website and its popular forum every month. Yahoo named it site of the year in 1999 and it contues to receive accolades from all over the world. Through the volunteer efforts of palace enthusiasts from around the world many of the pages in the site are now available in other languages. Many famous historians have contributed pages to the site.

When the site was created most of the photographic images came from the collection of Anatoli Kuchumov, former curator of the Alexander Palace before World War II, who was Bob's mentor. Since the sites creation Bob's Photo archive has grown to over 2,000 images of the palace, St. Petersburg area and Romanov family.

Bob's knowledge and expertise led him to be asked to appear on television and consult with television producers: appearing on "Secrets of the Romanovs" 1997 A&E "Histories Mysteries"; and advising to "Biography" Anastasia: Her True Story (1997),

Bob has also consulted, assited and advised authors and scholars of Russian History. Just a few books where Bob has been thanked for his contributions:

Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year By Greg King, Published by John Wiley and Sons, 2007

The Court of the Last Tsar by Greg King Published by John Wiley & Sons 2005

The Fate of the Romanovs By Greg King, Penny Wilson Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2003

The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
By Robert K. Massie Published by Ballantine Books, 1996

Bob lives in Austin, Texas where he runs a web design business.

Television people have not contacted Bob Atchison since 1997 concerning Russian history and the only news worthy article written about the man was when some local reporter in Austin visited Atchison's home for a Russian Christmas celebration last year. Atchison's web club, the Alexander Palace Web Club generated its own publicity back in the 1990's to strum up interest in trying to raise public awareness concerning the fate of a building known as the Alexander Palace. In the 1990's the web was relatively new and he being a web designer created a lovely web site about a little girl in Russia called "Anastasia" and her family. He has been mentioned in a few books by several authors who know him personally. Some of these same authors have been trashed on Bob Atchison's own Russian history forum and neither him or Rob Moshein did nothing to stop it but often encouraged it. These two men write and tell people, "...look Bob's been on t.v. (it has been more than 15 years) and is mention in several books written about on the history of Russia in the part that mentions certain contributions made by certain individuals in researching material. Because of ALL OF THIS in the eyes of Atchison & Moshein IT validates Bob Atchison's position as being credible and honorable, it does not.

In 2003, Oma Hamou got invited to participate in a historical summit between the U.S. and Russia which everyone here keeps reminding people of they invited her because people thought highly of the projects she and she alone created, they liked her ideas and no one invited Bob Atchison or any other member of his cliche'. Hamou was on television because of her projects having to do with Russia and people wrote several articles about her in the newspaper and magazines this did not bode well with Bob Atchison.

Why should anyone believe a man who lies in court and uses forge documents against his enemy? http://alexanderpalaceobsession.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

The article written about Atchison's Christmas Celebration.

http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2009/01/05/russian_christm.html#comments