Nikolay Nikolaevich the Elder (1831-1891), Grand Prince

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NIKOLAY NIKOLAEVICH the Elder (1831 Tsarskoe Selo - 1891), Grand Prince, Field Marshal General (1878). The third son of Emperor Nicholas I. From 1852, Inspector General of the Engineering Corps, and from 1864 Inspector General of the Cavalry. In 1855 he was elected member of the State Assembly. In 1864-80 commanded the Guards and the St. Petersburg Military District. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 he was the Commander-in Chief of the army in the Balkans. Owned the Nikolaevsky Palace in St.Petersburg and the farmstead of Znamenka. Died in Crimea, buried in St. Petersburg in Ss. Peter-and-Paul Cathedral. In 1914 a monument to Nikolay Nikolaevich was unveiled in Manezhnaya Square (sculptor P. Kanoniko; destroyed in 1918).

References: Жерве В. В. Генерал-фельдмаршал великий князь Николай Николаевич старший: Ист. очерк его жизни и деятельности, 1831-1891. СПб., 1911; Борисов Г. Великий князь Николай Николаевич старший // Россияне. 1993. № 10/12. С. 52-65; Белякова З. И. Николаевский дворец. СПб., 1997; Ее же. Великие князья Николаевичи: В высшем свете и на войне. СПб., 2002. С. 13-169.

Y. A. Kuzmin. Canonica Pietro
Nicholas I, Emperor
Nikolay Nikolaevich (Sr.), Grand Prince
Manezhnaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Белякова З. И. Великие князья Николаевичи в высшем свете и на войне. СПб., 2002
Белякова З. И. Николаевский дворец. СПб., 1997
Жерве В. В. Генерал-фельдмаршал великий князь Николай Николаевич старший: Ист. очерк его жизни и деятельности, 1831-1891. СПб., 1911
Борисов Г. Великий князь Николай Николаевич старший // Россияне, 1993 State Assembly
SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral