[NIKOLAI NIKOLAEVICH (1856-1929, grandson of Nicholas I, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, 1914-1915, Viceroy of the Caucasus)]

Unsigned postcard portrait photograph, showing him full length in uniform, sword in scabbard, in near profile to the left, mounted on his charger in a bare landscape, published by Sklad of Petrograd, printed note of passing the Court censor 11th November

Nikolai Nikolaevich, who had married a daughter of Nicola I of Montenegro, was a Cavalry General. He took the offensive with some initial success on the Prussian and Austro-Hungarian fronts, but on 2nd May 1915 was defeated at Gorlitz by Mackesen. Nicholas I took over as supreme commander, and the Grand Duke transferred to the Caucasus front, resuming supreme command on the Tsar's abdication. He was interned in the Crimea but in 1919 made his way to France, where in 1924 certain groups of emigrants elected him their national leader.

Item Date:  1914

Stock No:  53242      £175

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