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Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович, romanized: Mikhail Aleksandrovich; 4 December [O.S. 22 November] 1878 – 13 June 1918) was the youngest son and fifth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and youngest brother of Nicholas II.
Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798–1849) Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1909) Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861–1929) Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov (1878–1918), arguably Tsar Mikhail II for one day after the abdication of Nicholas II; Mikhail Romanov (footballer) (1895–1961), Russian ...
Mikhail Alexandrovich was the third son of Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver. Mikhail grew up in Pskov, where his father had fled after the Tver Uprising of 1327. He was christened by the Archbishop of Novgorod, Vasily Kalika, in 1333. [1] Five years later, he and his mother were called to Tver when Aleksandr returned to the city.
Russia failed to recover Smolensk from the Poles in a later war from 1632 to 1634, but did achieve Władysław Vasa's renunciation of his long-standing claims to the Russian throne. Smolensk would officially remain part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until it was recovered with the conclusion of another war under Michael's son and ...
Tsar of All Russia r. 1584–1598: Dmitry of Russia 1552–1553: Ivan of Russia 1554–1581: Dmitry of Uglich 1582—1591 or 1582–1606: Vasili IV Tsar of Russia 1552–1612 r. 1606–1610: Michael I 1596–1645 Tsar of All Russia r. 1613–1645: Feodor II 1589–1605 Tsar of Russia r. 1605: Xenia of Russia 1582–1622: House of Romanov
Catherine II could be considered the founder of the State University of Land Use Planning, it was announced on May 25, 1779 (on May 14, Julian calendar) that the Surveying School should be opened. The school was named Konstantinovsky in honour of the Great Prince Konstantin Pavlovich, the grandson of Catherine II of Russia who was born in that ...
Nicholas II's abdication statement states that he is renouncing the throne in favour of his brother Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich in order to facilitate the closest union possible so that Russia's war effort would be victorious. Nicholas II calls on the people to fulfill their duty to the fatherland and help guide the Russian Empire on the ...
The Decembrist Revolt (Russian: Восстание декабристов, romanized: Vosstaniye dekabristov, lit. 'Uprising of the Decembrists') was a failed coup d'état led by liberal military and political dissidents against the Russian Empire.