Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (Сергей Александрович) (May 11, 1857 February 17, 1905) was a son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. He was an influential figure during the reigns of his brother Tsar Alexander III of Russia and his nephew Tsar Nicholas II, who was also his brother in law.

Between 1891 and 1905, he was Governor General of Moscow. A radical conservative, his policies made him a polarizing figure. In 1892, as the governor of Moscow, he executed the state's order and expelled the large portion of the Jewish population from the city. The Khodynka Field tragedy, in 1896, tarnished his reputation. Highly controversial, he was targeted by revolutionaries and was assassinated by a terrorist bomb at the Kremlin.

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[EastOrthodoxCossack]

Coud it be said that Sergei was the most trusted brother of Alexander III?

[lostsplendour]

@EastOrthodoxCossack Yes, it could be said. He was appointed Commander of the Preobrajensky Life Guard Regiment, entrusting with introducing the future Nicholas II, to army life. So I think yes.

[lababoc]

He was probably a "mama"s boy" in his childhood. But his ruthless way as the governor of Moscow it seems it was very close to what totallitarism is supposed to be in an autocratic form of governement. and it sealed his fate.

[lostsplendour]

Yes but he was a person with a very complex personality. I think his best description was made by Maria of Romania:

Dry, nervous, short of speech, impatient, he had none the rather careless good humor of his three elder brothers . . . but for all that we loved him, felt irresistibly attracted to him, hard though he could be. Few perhaps cherish his memory, but I do."

[lababoc]

sound track from NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA

[lostsplendour]

Yes

[koloagirl44]

A wonderful video on this enigmatic member of the Romanov family - he is always painted so darkly, but his childhood pictures in particular are so innocent and charming!

[lolfashion07]

Belle video, bravo!!

[TheStaticage01]

@alecservoski -Xo dyen ka----Xodynka



[IamHelenKeller]

Thank you for the interesting video.

[alecservoski]

Can someone please help me.... trying to find out the correct way to pronounce Khodynka. Anyone have a link where I could hear it, or maybe the phonetics for it?

[rayito2005]

There were many aristhocratics families in Russia.

[FinnMove]

What a tragic couple Sergei and Ella were ! They had no own children and both faced a horrible end.