Ruler · 1878 – 1918

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia

Lived 1878 – 1918; politician, military personnel. Emperor of all the Russias of Russian Empire, 1917.

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Lived: 1878 – 1918; 40 years
Lines: 1; Russian Empire
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Emperor of all the Russias

Russian Empire · the 15th of 15 dated reigns · 1721 – 1917

11 before

Alexander II of Russia1855 – 1881

Alexander III of Russia1881 – 1894

Nicholas II1894 – 1917

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia1917

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officethis entry

Reigned 1917 · under a year · came to it aged 39

Came to it: appointedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; gunshot wound

He was designated Emperor of Russia after his brother abdicated in 1917 and proclaimed him "Emperor Michael II", but Michael declined to take power a day later.

He was never confirmed as emperor and, following the Russian Revolution of 1917, he was imprisoned and murdered.

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