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Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

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Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Russian: Сергей Александрович; 11 May 1857 – 17 February 1905) was the fifth son and seventh child of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna. He was a brother Emperor Alexander III and his nephew Tsar Nicholas II, who was also his brother-in-law through Sergei's marriage to Elizabeth Feodorovna, the sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.[1]

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich
File:Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia 1857-1905.jpg
Photograph by Sergey Levitsky, c. 1894
48th Governor-General of Moscow
In office
1891 – 17 February 1905
MonarchAlexander III
Nicholas II
Preceded byVladimir Dolgorukov
Succeeded byAlexander Kozlov
Born(1857-05-11)11 May 1857
Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died17 February 1905(1905-02-17) (aged 47)
Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Burial
Chudov Monastery (original burial place)
Novospassky Monastery, Moscow (since 1995)
Spouse
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(m. 1884)​
Full name
Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov
HouseHolstein-Gottorp-Romanov
FatherAlexander II of Russia
MotherMarie of Hesse and by Rhine
ReligionRussian Orthodox

With a military career, Sergei fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 and later recieved the Order of St George for courage and bravery in action. In 1882, his brother, Emperor Alexander III, appointed him commander of the 1st Battalion Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment, a position he held until 1891. In 1889, Sergei was promoted to the rank of major general.

In 1884, Sergei married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. They both promoted the marriage of Sergei's nephew, Tsar Nicholas II, with Princess Alix of Hesse, Elisabeth's youngest sister.

From 1891 to 1905, Sergei served as Governor-General of Moscow. As Governor of Moscow, he implemented harsh conservative policies that made him a polarizing figure. At the start of his tenure, he expelled 20,000 Jews from Moscow and repressed a student movement to prevent the spread of revolutionary ideas. Because of this, he was often regarded as a reactionary. In 1894 Grand Duke Sergei was made a member of the State Council.

In 1896 he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed as commander of Moscow Military District. After thirteen years of service, Sergei resigned from the governorship on 1 January 1905, though he remained head of the Moscow Military District. Targeted by the SR Combat Organization, he was assassinated later that year by a terrorist bomb at the Kremlin during the 1905 Russian Revolution.

Orders and decorations

National[2][3]
Foreign[2][3]
*  Austria-Hungary:

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Of Russia Media

  • Tsar Alexander II with his wife, Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Maria.JPG

    Grand Duke Sergei with his parents and his sister, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna

  • Grand Dukes Paul and Sergei during their childhood.jpg

    Grand Duke Sergei with his younger brother Grand Duke Paul

  • Grand Duke Sergei 01 Alexandrovich in his youth.jpg

    Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in his youth

  • Sergei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia.jpg

    Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

  • Sergei and his wife.jpg

    Grand Duke Sergei and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna

  • Grand Duke Sergei with Ella.jpg

    Grand Duke Sergei and his wife, 1892

  • Duke Sergey and others, 1896 coronation.jpg

    Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (right) with his brother Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich (center, smoking) on 14 May 1896, coronation of Nicholas II

  • Khodynka stampede victims.jpg

    Victims of the stampede at Khodynka

  • Grand Duke Sergei 03.jpg

    Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich

  • Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia with his foster children: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Jr. and Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich

References

  1. ↑ Zeepvat, Romanov Autumn, p. 121
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Russian Imperial Army – Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (In Russian)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha 1905 (1905) page 80
  4. ↑ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  6. ↑ Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1884), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 32
  7. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  8. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  9. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  10. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  12. ↑ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 15 Archived 30 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  14. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  15. ↑ Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London, p. 212
  16. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" p. 27
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