Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia

Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia ( 13 October 1832 – 18 December 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. He was the first owner of the New Michael Palace on the Palace Quay in Saint Petersburg.

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