Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (; 11 May 1857 – 17 February 1905) was the fifth son and seventh child of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna. He was a brother Emperor Alexander III and his nephew Tsar Nicholas II, who was also his brother-in-law through Sergei's marriage to Elizabeth Feodorovna, the sister of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.Zeepvat,  Romanov Autumn, p. 121

With a military career, Sergei fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 and later recieved the Order of St George for courage and bravery in action. In 1882, his brother, Emperor Alexander III, appointed him commander of the 1st Battalion Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment, a position he held until 1891. In 1889, Sergei was promoted to the rank of major general.

In 1884, Sergei married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. They both promoted the marriage of Sergei's nephew, Tsar NicholasII, with Princess Alix of Hesse, Elisabeth's youngest sister.

From 1891 to 1905, Sergei served as Governor-General of Moscow. As Governor of Moscow, he implemented harsh conservative policies that made him a polarizing figure. At the start of his tenure, he expelled 20,000 Jews from Moscow and repressed a student movement to prevent the spread of revolutionary ideas. Because of this, he was often regarded as a reactionary. In 1894 Grand Duke Sergei was made a member of the State Council. 

In 1896 he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed as commander of Moscow Military District. After thirteen years of service, Sergei resigned from the governorship on 1 January1905, though he remained head of the Moscow Military District. Targeted by the SR Combat Organization, he was assassinated later that year by a terrorist bomb at the Kremlin during the 1905 Russian Revolution.

 Orders and decorations 

 NationalRussian Imperial Army – Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (In Russian)Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha 1905 (1905) page 80

 Knight of St. Andrew, 1857
 Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1857
 Knight of the White Eagle, 1857
 Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class, 1857
 Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class, 11 June 1865
 Knight of St. George, 4th Class, 20 October 1877
 Knight of St. Vladimir, 4th Class, 15 May 1883; 3rd Class, 30 August 1890; 1st Class, 15 May 1893
 Silver Commemorative Medal for the Reign of Emperor Alexander III, 17 March 1896
 Commemorative Medal for the Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II, 13 June 1896

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