Nicolaï Nicolaïevitch Large-duke of Russia was born in 1856, died in 1929. Wire of Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov and Alexandra d' Oldenbourg. In 1907, it married the Anastasia of Montenegro (1867 - 1929). It was commander-in-chief it of the Russian imperial troops of 1914 with 1915.

Under the Empire

Chief of the armies imperial of Russia, Nicolas II of Russia listened to his councils before évincer command of the armies in 1915. At the time of the First World War, the large-duke Nicolaï Nicolaïevitch started an offensive on the Eastern face ( August - October 1914), the German general Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke was in the obligation to dismantle the Western face to support the troops engaged in the engagements against the soldiers of the imperial Russia. This attack of the large-duke Nicolaï Nicolaïevitch made it possible the French troops to gain the Bataille of the Marne (6 - September 12th 1914). The Parisian taxis were not the only craftsmen of the victory of the Marne, the large-duke Nicolaï Nicolaïevitch contirbua largely with this military success, moreover, this victory saved Paris German invasion.

The exile

At the time of the Russian Revolution, the large-duke Nicolaï Nicolaïevitch was exiled with the Cape d' Antibes.

Sources

• Extracts from the Mémoires of exile of Frederic Mitterrand

Internal bonds

• Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov

• Nicolas Ier of Russia
• Anastasia of Montenegro