Russian Grand Duke. Romanov was a Russian general in World War I. A grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, he was commander in chief of the Russian Imperial Army units on the main front in the first year of the war, and was later a successful commander-in-chief in the Caucasus region. He was briefly recognized as Tsar in 1922 in areas controlled by the White Armies in the Russian Far East. Educated at The Saint Petersburg Military Engineering-Technical University, he received his commission in 1873. He worked his way up through the ranks until he was appointed commander of the Guard Hussar Regiment in 1884. By 1895, he was inspector-general of the cavalry, a post he held for 10 years. From 1905 to the outbreak of World War I, he was commander-in-chief of the St. Petersburg Military District. He had a reputation as a tough commander, but was respected by his troops. In 1907 he married Princess Anastasia of Montenegro; they had no children. After the revolution, he became the symbolic figurehead of an anti-Soviet Russian monarchist movement. He was originally buried in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Cannes, France. In 2014 his family requested the transfer of his remains. The bodies of Nicholas and his wife were re-buried in the Chapel of the Transfiguration in Moscow at the World War I memorial military cemetery in May 2015.
Russian Grand Duke. Romanov was a Russian general in World War I. A grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, he was commander in chief of the Russian Imperial Army units on the main front in the first year of the war, and was later a successful commander-in-chief in the Caucasus region. He was briefly recognized as Tsar in 1922 in areas controlled by the White Armies in the Russian Far East. Educated at The Saint Petersburg Military Engineering-Technical University, he received his commission in 1873. He worked his way up through the ranks until he was appointed commander of the Guard Hussar Regiment in 1884. By 1895, he was inspector-general of the cavalry, a post he held for 10 years. From 1905 to the outbreak of World War I, he was commander-in-chief of the St. Petersburg Military District. He had a reputation as a tough commander, but was respected by his troops. In 1907 he married Princess Anastasia of Montenegro; they had no children. After the revolution, he became the symbolic figurehead of an anti-Soviet Russian monarchist movement. He was originally buried in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Cannes, France. In 2014 his family requested the transfer of his remains. The bodies of Nicholas and his wife were re-buried in the Chapel of the Transfiguration in Moscow at the World War I memorial military cemetery in May 2015.
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