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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia

1856 - 1929

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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (Russian: Николай Николаевич Романов (младший – the younger); 18 November 1856 – 5 January 1929) was a Russian general in World War I (1914–1918). The son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891), and a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, he was commander in chief of the Imperial Russian Army units on the main front in the first year of the war, during the reign of his first cousin once removed, Nicholas II. Although held in high regard by Paul von Hindenburg, he struggled with the colossal task of leading Russia's war effort against Germany, including strategy, tactics, logistics and coordination with the government. After the Gorlice–Tarnów offensive in 1915, Tsar Nicholas replaced the Grand Duke as commander-in-chief of the army. He later was a successful commander-in-chief in the Caucasus region. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia is the 336th most popular military personnel (up from 339th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 274th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Nicholas II, or "Nicholas the Bloody," was the last tsar of Russia. He was overthrown in 1917 and killed with his family by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia ranks 336 out of 2,058. Before him are Hugo Sperrle, Nikolai Yudenich, William D. Leahy, Eduard Dietl, Kul Tigin, and Arthur Nebe. After him are Wilhelm Bittrich, Charles François Dumouriez, Valery Gerasimov, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Matthew C. Perry, and François Joseph Lefebvre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia ranks 23. Before him are Robert Nivelle, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Svetozar Boroević, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, L. Frank Baum, and Frank B. Kellogg. After him are Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Andrey Markov, Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen, H. Rider Haggard, and John Singer Sargent. Among people deceased in 1929, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia ranks 20. Before him are Émile Loubet, Thomas Burke, Maria Christina of Austria, Aby Warburg, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, and Otto Liman von Sanders. After him are Thorstein Veblen, Antoine Bourdelle, Mercédès Jellinek, Wyatt Earp, Sadhu Sundar Singh, and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia ranks 272 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Nikolai Yudenich (1862), Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (1553), and Alexander Blok (1880). After him are Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Valery Gerasimov (1955), Iziaslav I of Kiev (1024), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1757), and Dmitry Yazov (1924).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia ranks 21. Before him are Andrey Vlasov (1901), Johannes Blaskowitz (1883), Yermak Timofeyevich (1532), Vasily Stalin (1921), Vasily Blyukher (1889), and Nikolai Yudenich (1862). After him are Valery Gerasimov (1955), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), Dmitry Yazov (1924), Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), and Andrei Grechko (1903).

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