Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (25 October 1832-18 December 1909) was Governor-General of the Caucasus from 1862 to 1882.
Biography[]
Michael Nikolaevich was born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire in 1832, the son of Czar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. Michael served as Governor-General of the Caucasus from 1862 to 1882, being seated in Tbilisi. He was a commander of the Imperial Russian Army during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, commanding the Russian forces that invaded eastern Anatolia and conquered Erzerum. His children included Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, and Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, all of whom were executed by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War.