Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia explained

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich
House:Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
Father:Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
Mother:Princess Cecilie of Baden
Birth Date:1859 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Petrograd, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: Великий князь Никола́й Миха́йлович; 26 April [<nowiki/>[[Old Style and New Style dates|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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Edvard Radzinsky (1996), Stalin: The First In-Depth Biography Based on Explosive Documents from Russia's Secret Archive, Anchor Books. Page 158-159.
  2. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" p. 62
  3. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1896), "Königliche Orden" p. 28
  4. Book: Lehmann. Gustaf. Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1812–1913. 1913. The Knights of the Order of the Pour le Mérite. de. 557. 2. Berlin. Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn.
  5. Book: M. & B. Wattel. . Les Grand'Croix de la Légion d'honneur de 1805 à nos jours. Titulaires français et étrangers . Paris . 2009 . Archives & Culture . 517 . 978-2-35077-135-9. M. et B. Wattel.
  6. Book: Jørgen Pedersen. Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009. 2009. Syddansk Universitetsforlag. da. 978-87-7674-434-2. 468. Odense.