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Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia

1859 - 1919

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Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: Великий князь Никола́й Миха́йлович; 26 April [O.S. 14 April] 1859 – 28 January 1919) was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III. On 29 January 1919, Nicholas was moved to Peter and Paul Fortress in Petrograd, and in the early hours of the following day he was shot there by a firing squad, along with his brother, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich, and his cousins Grand Dukes Paul Alexandrovich and Dmitri Constantinovich. According to historians Edvard Radzinsky, their executions had been ordered by Vladimir Lenin as retaliation for the recent summary executions of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg in Berlin, by Freikorps forces loyal to the Weimar Republic. His brother Sandro described him in his memoirs as "a dreamer, a poet, a historian of out-and-out republican tendencies, a disillusioned bachelor worshipping the memory of his only love, the Queen of a Scandinavian country." This probably refers to Queen Victoria of Sweden, his maternal first cousin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia is the 6,026th most popular politician (down from 5,256th in 2019), the 521st most popular biography from Russia (down from 498th in 2019) and the 154th most popular Russian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia ranks 6,026 out of 19,576. Before him are Dragiša Cvetković, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, Alparslan Türkeş, Emperor Hanazono, Thorbjörn Fälldin, and Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan. After him are Richard Glücks, Petre Roman, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Bolesław V the Chaste, Malcolm II of Scotland, and Herman VI, Margrave of Baden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia ranks 35. Before him are Diana Abgar, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., Pavel Milyukov, Thibaw Min, Jānis Čakste, and Alexandru Averescu. After him are Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Francesc Macià, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Natalie of Serbia, Théophile Steinlen, and Adolf Hurwitz. Among people deceased in 1919, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia ranks 45. Before him are Mikhail Tsvet, Terauchi Masatake, Madam C. J. Walker, Vera Zasulich, Hermann Weingärtner, and Endre Ady. After him are Gustav Landauer, Adolf Schmal, Adolf Hurwitz, Leo Jogiches, Hugo Riemann, and Vasily Chapayev.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia ranks 521 out of 3,761. Before him are Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850), Afanasy Nikitin (1500), Grigory Orlov (1734), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), and Olga Knipper (1868). After him are Semyon Dezhnev (1605), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859), Valentin Ivanov (1934), Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), Chaim Rumkowski (1877), and Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia ranks 154. Before him are Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Hadji Murad (1795), Igor Ivanov (1945), Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850), Grigory Orlov (1734), and Mathilde Kschessinska (1872). After him are Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), Chaim Rumkowski (1877), Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948), Mikhail Fradkov (1950), Andrei Karlov (1954), and Zeki Velidi Togan (1890).

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