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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
b.27 Jul 1831 T︠S︡arskoe Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia
d.13 Apr 1891 Alupka, Russia
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m. 13 Jul 1817
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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (; 8 August 1831 – 25 April 1891) was the third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna. He may also be referred to as Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder to tell him apart from his son, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929). Trained for the military, as a Field Marshal he commanded the Russian army of the Danube in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878.
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