Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (1856–1929) and Princess Anastasia of Montenegro

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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (18 November 1856 – 5 January 1929) was a Russian general in World War I (1914–1918). The son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891), and a grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, he was commander in chief of the Imperial Russian Army units on the main front in the first year of the war, during the reign of his first cousin once removed, Nicholas II.
He was briefly recognized as emperor in 1922 in areas controlled by the White movement in the Russian Far East.
On 29 April 1907, Nicholas married Princess Anastasia of Montenegro (1869–1935), the daughter of King Nicholas I, and sister of Princess Milica, who had married Nicholas's brother, Grand Duke Peter. They had no children.
More information: Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) - Wikipedia

Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (4 January 1868 – 25 November 1935) was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (1841–1921) and his wife, Queen Milena (1847–1923). Through her second marriage, she became Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia. She and her sister "Militza" (Princess Milica), having married Russian royal brothers, were known colloquially as the "Montenegrin princesses" during the last days of Imperial Russia, and may have contributed to its downfall by the introduction of Grigori Rasputin to the Empress Alexandra.
More information: Princess Anastasia of Montenegro - Wikipedia

Photograph, c. 1905

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Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich.

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Grand Duke Nicholas in 1870.

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Grand Duke Nicholas in 1915.

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Photo of Wedding photo of Princess Anastasia and her first husband, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, taken at Peterhof, 1889.

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Grand Duke Nicholas with soldiers during the First World War

 

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They were lucky enough to escape onboard the HMS Marlborough from the Crimea in April ,1919 with other members of the Imperial family.

 

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That was the ship that carried the Dowager Tsarina Marie and her daughters to safety, wasn’t it? I have a book on that rescue but haven’t read it for a long time.

Cossacks sang the Russian Imperial anthem on the deck as the shores of Russia faded into the distance. It must have been an incredibly moving moment. The vast majority of those passengers never saw Russia again.

 

[An Ard Ri]

That was the ship that carried the Dowager Tsarina Marie and her daughters to safety, wasn’t it? I have a book on that rescue but haven’t read it for a long time.

Cossacks sang the Russian Imperial anthem on the deck as the shores of Russia faded into the distance. It must have been an incredibly moving moment. The vast majority of those passengers never saw Russia again.

Yes indeed that was at Yalta where the Dowager Empress refused to leave unless all the Imperial Staff, nurses, wounded soldiers , officers and civilians were allowed onboard the HMS Marlborough.
They had to allow dozens of bunk beds to accommodate everyone.
Rescue of the Imperial family from Yalta 1919 - Blog & Alexander Palace Time Machine