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The importance of St. Nicholas Johnson.
Nicholas Johnson was a key friend and colleague in the life of Grand Duke Michael who from being teenage pals, sharing college and army training, to his gruesome assassination alongside Michael during the summer of 1918 in Perm (Siberia).
Nicholas Johnson was a key friend and colleague in the life of Grand Duke Michael who from being teenage pals, sharing college and army training, to his gruesome assassination alongside Michael during the summer of 1918 in Perm (Siberia).
Nicholas was born in Russia in 1878, the brother of two elder sisters, Elisabeth, and Anna. He was the son of Captain Nicholas A. Johnson, an English guard at the Imperial Court, & Louise (von) Kreisler Johnson, a German music and singing teacher at Court.
A shared love of music with the Anglophile Grand Duke Michael, the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas, who like Nicholas was also a graduate of the Mikhailovsky Artillery School, led to deep friendship where he was nicknamed `Johnny`. Nicholas chose to keep his British nationality.
The exiled last tsar, Grand Duke Michael lived in the UK at Knebworth House.
Michael Romanov, Knebworth's most Royal resident?
Russia’s last ever Emperor was a popular resident in Knebworth.
#romanov #granddukemichael #sidneyreilly
Michael Romanov, Knebworth's most Royal resident?
Russia’s last ever Emperor was a popular resident in Knebworth.
#romanov #granddukemichael #sidneyreilly
But Michael was not always destined for the throne & in fact spent the year before WW1 exiled at Knebworth House near Luton in the UK
Grand Duke Michael Romanov, the story goes, was Emperor for just a day after his brother Nicholas abdicated in March 1917 amid internal turmoil.
Grand Duke Michael Romanov, the story goes, was Emperor for just a day after his brother Nicholas abdicated in March 1917 amid internal turmoil.
The church bells rang, & soldiers were informed of the new emperor, who had been fighting in the First World War where he conducted his campaign from the trenches with his men.
His popularity contrasted with his brother Nicholas, being loved by the army & the Russian population
His popularity contrasted with his brother Nicholas, being loved by the army & the Russian population
