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Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia

1876 - 1938

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Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (Russian: Кирилл Владимирович Романов; Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov; 12 October [O.S. 30 September] 1876 – 12 October 1938) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor. He was also the uncle of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. Grand Duke Kirill followed a career in the Imperial Russian Navy serving for 20 years in the Naval Guards. He took part in the Russo-Japanese War, barely surviving the sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur in April 1904. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia is the 260th most popular nobleman (down from 167th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Russia (down from 247th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Nobleman.

Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia is most famous for being the first member of the Romanov dynasty to convert to the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 260 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Anne de Montmorency, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Clemence of Austria, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, and Gioffre Borgia. After him are John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 39. Before him are Kim Koo, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Walter Sydney Adams, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, and Sherwood Anderson. After him are Ivan Cankar, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Jean Webster, Robert Michels, and Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria. Among people deceased in 1938, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 44. Before him are Branislav Nušić, Thomas Wolfe, Nikolai Kondratiev, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and Alfonso, Prince of Asturias. After him are Ernst Barlach, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Andrej Hlinka, Nikolay Krestinsky, Yakov Yurovsky, and Harvey S. Firestone.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 359 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitry Ustinov (1908), Lovis Corinth (1858), Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669), Leonid Govorov (1897), Karl Bryullov (1799), and Alexander Litvinenko (1962). After him are Lila Kedrova (1918), Anton Arensky (1861), Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817), and Dmitri Ivanovsky (1864).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Russia

Among noblemen born in Russia, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 17. Before him are Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), and Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (1554). After him are Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia (1869), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Yaroslav of Tver (1230), Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861), and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838).

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