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Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (Russian: Пётр Никола́евич Рома́нов; 22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1864 – 17 June 1931) was a Russian Grand Duke and a member of the Russian Imperial Family.
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).
This is a list of those members of the Russian imperial family who bore the title velikiy knjaz (usually translated into English as grand duke, but more accurately grand prince ).
Nicholas was a Russian grand duke and army officer who served as commander in chief against the Germans and Austro-Hungarians in the first year of World War I and was subsequently (until March 1917) Emperor Nicholas II’s viceroy in the Caucasus and commander in chief against the Turks.
Even before the start of World War I, the Grand Duke himself foresaw the toppling of the monarchy in Russia. He died in the Peter and Paul Fortress in 1919 alongside his brother and cousins.
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (1856-1929) was Commander in Chief of the Russian army during the first year of the First World War and, for the briefest moment, at the end of Tsar Nicholas II's reign.
A highly spiritual man who married Princess Milicia of Montenegro (daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro) on 26 July 1889. Birth Date. 10 January 1864. Birthplace. Saint Petersburg, Russia. Death Date. 17 January 1931. Occupation. Grand Duke of Russia, Russian Army Lt. General. Notable Family Members. House of Romanov of Russia.
