Brother of the Tsar | Michael Romanov

This is the story of Grand Duke Michael Romanov, brother of Tsar Nicholas II, and the first Romanov to be killed by the Bolsheviks. The life and death of this third son of Alexander III served to punctuate the trials of the last Tsar's reign, as well as the horror and brutality of the regimes that followed. His ancestor, Peter the Great, made history. Misha, as he was known to his family, was swept into a political tidal wave, over which he had little control.
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[@strange_voyager]

Excellent video! Packed with information. Manages to give a thorough and accurate account of Grand Duke Michael's life. Thanks for producing this!

[@user-qb4fs9gs1p]

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[@coreyham3753]

Interesting video and great information about Michael. Thanks for making it available to all.

[@nicolaidis]

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[@user-qb4fs9gs1p]

@@nicolaidis 😂

[@richmarths8391]

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[@faithfulforever6331]

One thing the Romanovs of that time were not lacking in was good looks. All the women are beautiful and the men handsome!

[@here_we_go_again2571]

For sure! They were handsome people!

[@marilynjohnson8583]

Never met the Romanov family but find myself admiring them greatly, and at times, loving them...Their compassion and devotion to family is very moving. Their deaths brought me to tears.

[@Susan55943]

Absolutely true

[@catsberry4858]

Alix is a Saxe Coburg Gotha, but yes N and Misha were gorgeous wow

[@missKushite]

Gorgeous 😍

[@andyroo9381]

I know Tsar Nicholas as good looking but his younger brother, Grand Duke Michael was REALLY handsome! That entire family seemed blessed with beauty. I think he may have been more handsome than the Tsar. I always wondered how he died. You really only hear about Tsar Nicholas and his family being murdered but very little about his brother and sister. All of this was a tragedy. Only the Russians could make this into a grand, historical tragedy.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thanks for watching this video! We have many more on our channel which you will surely enjoy! Here's just a recommendation from us, a fascinating video about the life of Tsar Nicholas' sister, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2G1amWZl9SkqK8

[@larrytucker8717]

His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Michael Romanov was murdered outside PERM? with his friend and secretary? Who also lost life along with Michael when the BOLSHEVICKS murdered them both

[@catsberry4858]

I know. Dayum! Even as a child, he was so cute. If you saw that pic of their mom I think? She looked exactly the same - so beautiful and friendly-face looking!

[@jamiemohan2049]

He was handsome. But I think Nicholas was more handsome. Nicholas's daughters Maria and Tatiana were also beautiful too.

[@user-eb8oy6ri9e]

В каждой стране можно найти массу трагических моментов. А Россия великая страна с уникальной историей

[@wayneannladringan7081]

What happened between Czar Nicholas and Grand Duke Michael proves that blood will always be thicker than water.I am glad in a way that the brothers were able to make up before they died...It is very sad that the Grand Duke died the way he did.He did not deserve that.May his soul rest in peace.

[@kevinklingner3098]

Non of them Did it just shows how bloody minded left wing anarchistic politics really are with no morality.

[@theofficialphoenixtv5765]

@@kevinklingner3098 Far left *

[@spoffspoffington6576]

What's THAT supposed to mean?

[@johngolden891]

Thanks for posting! Grand Duke Michael was an unusually handsome man, even by (the high) Romanov standards, with intelligent blue eyes topped by heavy brows and an impressive, well-groomed mustache. It's a pity that first he, and then all of his most famous brother's family, were to perish in the aftermath of the bloody Red Revolution.

[@cc2016]

This family still the most gorgeous royal I've ever seen

[@elenamas3955]

This is true . The British royals may be the most popular but not gifted in good looks. The Russian royal family was beautiful as some of other royals in Europe.

[@faststart1000]

Great historical recap. Horrible brutality by the soulless Bolsheviks.

[@Mashka14]

Beautiful insightful and fascinating video about grand Duke Michael Romanov kind hearted caring giving loving man

[@thescarletgraywitch8052]

Tragic. Such a horrendous waste.

[@imhotepjasonduncanson6068]

Thank you, I didn't know Michael Romanvo wanted a constitutional monarchy. Wow things that might happen to Russia if he succeed. 🤔

[@susettesantiago5509]

That was the whole purpose………….there were a group of people who did not want the romanovs to have that kind of power………..but the real problem of these historical horrific events of murdering has been such a huge part of the Roman Empire……..and a few other cultures……….but the Roman Empire was born in rape and plunder…………and the Holy Roman Empire succeeded in bringing us the Inquisition……….the inquisition being the child of rape and plunder could only lead you to more of the same……………..may our human history remind us that like water has memory……………so does blood………..blood has memory…………

[@radziwill7193]

Constitutional monarchy in Russia since 1905, namely dualistic.

[@fredreinhard2091]

That is why the Monarchy had to go! And that was the same for Austro-Hungary and Imperial Germany. The Global Money lenders were at the center of the revolts and generating the WAR. They realized that the Monarchies' were all going to make changes for the betterment of their peoples of all ethic groups within the empires.

[@b1crusade384]

Actually Tzar Alexander II was going to make Russia a constitutional monarchy. But he was assassinated before he could. Tzar Alexander III threw the idea away.

[@imhotepjasonduncanson6068]

@@b1crusade384 Thank you for that information I didn't know that.

[@krisushi1]

So terribly sad that the bodies of the Grand Duke and his Secretary were never found but only left in the forest where they were murdered. That one of the murderers continued to wear the Secretary's watch afterwards for some years was quite macabre also. All round, this was quite a sad story.

[@elisabethdakak878]

😩😩😩🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@2mek99]

That was rather normal in Russia/USSR and now back in Russia. Unfortunately, millions of people were killed and families do not know when and where.

[@krisushi1]

@@2mek99 Unfortunately this occurs throughout civilisation despite being far from civilized. I think it would frighten many of us around the world to know what or who is lying beneath our feet.

[@terintiaflavius3349]

It is what politics does to people. Makes them think evil things and this man so polluted with politics wore a dead person's item around like a war medal

[@mjv8883]

@@2mek99 Что ты несешь? "Back in Russia"?? Это украинские фашисты убивают русских уже 8 лет и весь мир их поддерживает. Я живу в том регионе, где расстреляли Михаила, может быть его когда-нибудь и найдут как нашли семью Николая.

[@user-mb6pi4qy1i]

Личность Великого князя Михаила Александровича впечатляет сквозь "время и пространство" ❤😊 Вечная светлая память невинно убиенным . 😢

[@beatlessteve1010]

I noticed that many of the Romanov siblings were very good artists, probably good musicians where applicable, the dutchess and sister Olga was a fantastic artist!

[@historicalfashionpassion]

I’ve never heard about the murders of the rest of the Romanov family before and didn’t know it happened....what a tragedy!

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

Misha seems to be not the average royal, the pictures tell a different story he seems to be laid back and wasn't much for the pomp and circumstance that most seem to enjoy and above all generous soul. please find his remains so he could be at rest and with his family too. sorry for the extra comments.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thank you for watching and commenting here! 💜

[@carltongirl95]

Oh thankyou for this video on Grand Duke Michael...he was an extremely handsome man who by all accounts adored his wife and child...such a shame that Natalia and George were shunned by the IF especially after they fled Russia...sadly I don't think his remains will ever be found 😥

[@Marioplade]

I did not know these details about Michael's Romanov sad end. Rest in peace

[@Domhangairt]

Michael Romanov should have been emperor when his father died. He would have introduced a constitutional monarchy and avoided war with Japan, thereby averting the revolution of 1905. He might also have kept Russia out of World War One. His brother Emperor Nicholas II was heavily influenced by his wife Alexandra with disastrous consequences for himself and his empire.

[@andrealuisecandido1154]

T he Romanovs have had Religion Ort hodox

[@jglee6721]

I think he's a younger brother, so he couldn't. Also, Rasputin told them not to get into the war, but looking at the video of the crowd in front of the palace, people were demanding the war. Back then testosterone was high and they never had a world war before, so everybody was gung ho.

[@kathykelleck4418]

@@jglee6721 does anyone notice the similaites between prince William and Michael???

[@gregguralnik2512]

I speak as a distant descendant of the Romanovs. Nikolai was a very weak leader due to his insecurities. Plus, both he and Aleksandra were stupid and addicted to opiates or opioids, we're not so sure which.

[@mindyschocolate]

There’s no such thing as “should”. That’s not how the monarchy works. It’s the first born, and that was that. Imagine the increase of wars over infighting over who should be on the thrown based on “should”s.

[@stanleyolivar7381]

How sad and horrific. What brutality! Senseless.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

😢 Thanks for watching.

[@cathland3868]

nickys younger brother mischa as i call him = what a brave dear soul = god bless him and the whole of the lost romanovs = a good example of bravery and love = thank you for your uploads of my dear nickys lost family = god bless yours cat leicestershire 2021

[@smallfries3462]

I firmly believe that Lenin truely wanted The whole family dead and not purely for political reasons either. he wanted revenge because Nicholas II father hung his older brother because his brother helped murder Nicholas grandfather.

[@msshelfbooty9742]

I honestly think it was personal revenge more than political. Dude was willingly to kill even CHILDREN

[@gregorybaltzer2736]

Much revenge was built up over the years against any and all Romanovs

[@xxkissmeketutxx]

Interesting that Nicholas declined Michael's marriage request, when his own wish to marry Alexandra was declined by his parents exactly because of the inequality of status. He rushed to marry Alexandra soon as his father passed away

[@ROCKSLIDZ]

Nicholas' parents were very concerned because Alix's family were known to carry Hemophilia, and because they felt personal traits like her shyness and seriousness would make it hard for her in the Russian Court. But they did finally let Nicholas propose to Alix.

[@meeeka]

Michael's love was already twice divorced, had engaged in adultery and was living with Michael adulterously when they became pregnant. Michael had a knack for always falling for "unsuitable" women. The only "suitable" (read royal) woman he did fall in love with, was also a granddaughter of Victoria, who was also deemed unsuitable. She did bring hemophilia into the Spanish family (off the top of my head), so his parents were correct.

[@xxkissmeketutxx]

@@meeeka ohhhhh that makes more sense, why N&A were so resistant to Natalia even after she became the mother of Michael's child. Even by contemporary standards Alexandra was a prude... If only Natalia could've cured Alexei's pains, Alexandra might've overlooked it as she did for her friend Rasputin.

[@ladyagnes9430]

@@ROCKSLIDZ Yes, they finally acquiesced.......& Alexandra was a full princess( from the same paternal dynasty as Nicholas'grandmother, so Hesse Darmstat wasn't out of the question) & her maternal grandmother was queen Victoria). Alix's brother Frittie was a hemophiliac, so I am sure that was a concern.

[@catsberry4858]

@@meeeka wow! Like Edward and Mrs. Simpson! Geez!

[@savagedarksider5934]

Stalin, who hated all the Tsars, but he admired Ivan the Terrible.

[@nicholasiiofrussia1662]

Birds of a feather flock together, right?

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@nicholasiiofrussia1662 Yes.

[@cathylanders6377]

@@nicholasiiofrussia1662 hello nicky

[@karenryder6317]

If Nicholas had died from the typhus attack, Misha would have been tsar. Misha favored a constitutional monarchy as opposed to Nicholas, who, under his strict tutor and wife Alexandra's insistence on an autocratic regime. If Misha had become Tsar, there most likely would not have been a Bolshevik Revolution and therefore no Lenin, Stalin or Putin.

[@johnpickford4222]

karen ryder: Really? Don’t crush your brain while sitting. Nicholas followed the conservative policies put in place by his father because he didn’t know how to govern. Michael only embraced a constitutional government after Nicholas granted one. The problem is that Nicholas still ruled as an autocrat and insisted on passing to his son what he himself inherited. It was WWI and Russia’s participation which finally gave way to the Bolshevik Revolution as the Provisional Government continued the war. Leave Lenin, Stalin and Putin out of it as the Romanovs created their own mess. Leave “Misha” to your dreams at night.

[@jmeyer3rn]

Stunning, sad. Maybe I over romanticize the lives of Russian royalty. From the book I learned of the wonderful faith of the Tzar and his family. I’m at a loss to really understand the state of Russia during these years.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thank you for reading our book!

[@kiki-zt8fz]

Read Ivan Bunin's Cursed Days. this is a Russian émigré writer who wrote about Russia in 1917-1918, when the revolution took place

[@aubreyshelton3217]

GAWWD.. he was handsome and just thought about how intelligent and educated he was too. 💕

[@johnpickford4222]

Aubrey Shelton: You must a lonely and frustrated life to leave heart emojis for someone born 145 years ago. The point of the video was not to provide romantic dreams about his looks-and you would not appeal to him or be accepted by his family-but to understand the life of Grand Duke Michael. You obviously have plenty of time on your hands after failing school.

[@SC-gw8np]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@johnpickford4222 think you have more time than the person you have spat venom at. Sounds like you are projecting your own frustration (probably because you are poor and/or insignificant) on someone else. Grow up.

[@wholeNwon]

Olga's first marriage was arranged by her mother to Duke Peter of Oldenberg whom she scarcely knew. He was older than she and homosexual. Yet he held her in the loveless marriage for 15 yrs. One of the Czar's final official acts was to grant the divorce she deserved to marry the man whom she had loved so long, a commoner military officer. They managed to escape the revolution, of course.

[@lifeissobeautiful6404]

Thank you so much for this video. The media tends to place so much emphasis on the lives of Nicholas & his wife and children that we almost "forget" about his siblings and members of his extended family whose lives were also just as interesting. (Especially those of his youngest brother and sister). And like, we get it. They were the main people but it's also nice to hear about the other Romanovs and thus learn more about the Russian Imperial family. So, thanks for that😘.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thank you for your kind words! We have a wonderful video about Grand Duchess Olga, too, and a short one about their father, Tsar Alexander III. Have you watched any of them? Olga's video is remarkable!

[@lifeissobeautiful6404]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs Yep! The Olga video was actually what got me interested in the lives of Nicholas' siblings and other family members in the first place. 🤭.

[@maevelin]

It is very interesting how history eerily repeats itself in full circles. The Romanov Dynasty of the 300 years reign started with Michael the first that he didn't want to take the title and they begged him too. Once he rose to power he was very serious about his position. In a way once Nicholas abdicated in favour of his brother Michael, the last had an important decision to make as did his ancestor. He left the decision to the people in a way but in contrast to his ancestor the result had the opposite fate for the Romanovs. The parallels are really haunting if you think about it. They started the executions and murders of the Romanovs with Michael too so in a way a Michael was the beginning of the dynasty and Michael the last son of Alexander III was the end.

[@urbanvoice8318]

God, he was absolutely gorgeous....male model material

[@johnpickford4222]

Urban Voice: Yes, that is why the video was produced: to show what careers were available to the Romanov men when the lost the throne. I’m certain the video’s producers were glad they provided you with wet dreams as that was their purpose making it. Fool!!

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

I hope soon there'll find his remains so the living family can have peace, I really think closure is an idea

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

yw, I must say this when I heard and seen the remains of the Tsar and his family I heard their screams and felt the coldness of what happened this was just from the coverage by the news films and you might think this is crazy I know and felt this deeply

[@sn4rff]

another excellent video - thanks for sharing it here.

[@user-wf4ls8zx3r]

Stunningly sad; stunningly handsome.

[@nawlinsladies]

This is such a terrible thing that happened to this family. All one can hope for is that the ones who are responsible for these massacres and the ones who gave the orders are in h*ll. And, they are spending the rest of eternity suffering over and over what they dealt upon these innocents.

[@litsakoutoula3071]

It seems that everyone has forgotten or have no clue what led to the Demise of the Romanovs. The atrocities and the injustice towards the people were unspeakable. Thousands and thousands of children a d adults died of hunger and hardships while the aristocracy lived in luxury. So now we can all feel sorry for the royal family, among them l, but don't forget that revolutions are caused for a reason.

[@yvonnememela918]

Nobody has forgotten that. This is about the unnecessary brutality this family suffered. Nobody is saying there were mistakes on their part. Overthrowing the Monarchy would have been sufficient, but not the killing. Nothing would ever justify that.

[@e.a.poecrnimacak354]

Communism killed more people in Russia in a few decades than tsarist regime in a few centuries. There is no political system that is ideal, but Tsarist Russia was on its way to become the world's greatest power, with its economic and demographic growth and its cultural development, it was a very dangerous rival for USA and UK , that's why they were behind the revolutions in Russia, as well as behind tthe destruction of German Empire, not the ordinary people. They also had a lot of problems with poverty, race problems,colonialism, so, why they didn't meet the same fate as Russia and Germany? Because it was orchestrated by them, they destroyed their rivals and became the only real powers in the world.

[@mjv8883]

Это вы у коммунистов прочитали видимо. А голод 30 годов тоже убитый царь виноват видимо? Коммунисты переписали под себя всю историю. До сих выяснить не можем где правда, а где ложь!

[@Richard-yd1ws]

​@@e.a.poecrnimacak354 Ha, ha ,ha. Nice one In fact the German generals attacked Russia because the French were upgrading the Czars military machine which by 1918 would have been invincible and with unlimited man power

[@msshelfbooty9742]

@@e.a.poecrnimacak354 communist may had been a LOT worse but Romanovs was no spring chickens either. It’s unsettling how only LESS THAN 10% of the population had led a comfortable life in that country under the czar. Not even America had such extremes proverty at that time. Such things bred evil that was coming towards the Romanovs. And for Russia becoming the greatest power under the Nicholas was false the armies was terrible and they couldn’t even win against Japan and their weapons was subpar. It was a huge country that was all glitz but no real power. Ironically the REAL power came to be in the communist times.

[@andreacloyd3672]

They were all such handsome men. Tragic ending 2 them all

[@lindanorris2455]

SO HANDSOME.

[@kerry8248]

Very fascinating story.

[@ladyagnes9430]

He was the 4th son. Everyone forgets to count the 2nd child, Alexander Alexandrovich. He died( I think meningitis) as a baby. The sons were Nicholas, Alexander, George, Michael. Since Alexander died as a baby/ toddler & before many of the big family pictures, he is often forgotten.

[@annnee6818]

Yes, meningitis. I guess they meant "third child at time of reporting".

[@johnpickford4222]

(Not really a) Lady Agnes: Not really relevant since the first son passed away as a toddler before affecting history. Try again.

[@beautifuldreamer1884]

​@@johnpickford4222Nicholas was the first son of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna... who's first son are you talking about? There had been misconception that Nicholas wasn't the first son due to the memoir of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, but the truth is Nicholas was the first son born in 1868, and then followed by Alexander who born 1869 but died 11 months later, and then George in 1871, Xenia in 1875, Michael in 1878, and Olga in 1882.

[@marcboblee1863]

Thank you sir, for posting this video..

[@gilliansavant3816]

Holy Romanov family please intercede in praying for my family to come back together and return to the church. Thank you. Amen

[@joannewinter7879]

Such an interesting video. Most definately can see family resemblance 🙏

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thanks for watching! 🌼

[@kiriahiyaoro]

My poor lovely boy 😭💔

[@bbe3034]

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you so much!

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

You are so welcome!

[@juliaelrod2154]

Imagine how different history would have been if he had been tzar instead of Nicholas.

[@johnpickford4222]

Julia Elrod: Really, you don’t say. What a superficial comment. How different things would be if Alexander III died ten years later, Nicholas’s mother made an effort to get along with his wife, Alexandra didn’t have the hemophilia DNA, that she had three sons and two daughters, that she was healthier, that she was more comfortable in public with people. The list of what would change history is endless.

[@suzzanejames3573]

Tank you for sharing all the videos with me. Sooo sad for the royals. I’ve never would have known about this before

[@johnpickford4222]

suzzane james: “Sooo” sad you are superficial and insensitive to really show compassion. “Sooo” sad you don’t know better and “sooo” long.

[@b1crusade384]

He was foolish. When offered the Tzardom, he supposed to have accepted immediately and ended Russian participation in WW-1. But no. He wanted the stars to slog and Dorma to be perfect. Look what happened. We still don’t know where his body was dumped.

[@franm.8343]

Excellent history of Grand Duke Michael.

[@phalynwilliams4119]

When the Soviet Union ended one of the brothers’ heir whose name was Michael offered to resume the Romanov Empire dynasty as Czar of Russia 🇷🇺. The offer was refused and now Russia has Putin, a self-appointed czar of sorts.

[@hanniweber5355]

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[@xxkissmeketutxx]

Russia is far too large and complicated to be administered by one person or family. Putin is a hard working man and certainly no fool, whenever anyone suggests he could start a new dynasty as Tsar he gets a delighted twinkle in his eyes. I think he is Tsar unofficially

[@sandranorman5469]

Agreed that Putin is a life time czar

[@kazhausler3430]

@@sandranorman5469 Sputim is an arse.. Not worthy of cszardom! He needs to be taken out!!! ♥️

[@jamesrobiscoe1174]

Putin is a mentally stunted dwarf by comparision.

[@talcumpowder1000]

Brilliant and informative. Thank you very much

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Glad you liked it!

[@taceturnman]

Kiváló összeállítás, remek munka.

[@marvinken4186]

Mikhail looked like his dad

[@Richardsonprincess00]

Sadly that he refused to rule as the Tsar caused by pressure on other people after his brother abdicates the throne, shame of sadness.

[@lindymcbroom953]

One minor correction Edward VIIs Funeral was in 1910 not 1909.

[@whatadollslife]

I love the name Misha

[@patriciamartin6756]

Blame King George of England for not helping his family. He was so concerned with his image. Nobody is perfect, but the Russian imperial family and Grand Duke Michael didn't deserve what happened. I really like Princess Olga, a true lady, who despite her aristocratic background, didn't hesitate to help other people. After the Revolution, Olga didn't carry on about how she lost everything (even though it must have traumatized her. Olga was a nice down to earth lady,not a bit pretentious or phony. What a talented artist. RIP Prince Michael!

[@johnpickford4222]

Patricia Martin: Get the facts straight. Imperial Russian daughters (and wives if applicable) were titled Grand Duchess. A “Princess” was a lesser title but indicated a relationship to the Imperial Royal Family.

[@francescopolverino2901]

L'impero zarista era la più splendida è potente corte d'Europa , la dinastia dei Romanov uomini e donne bellissimi 🇷🇺♥️🇮🇪

[@sethh1943]

Edward VII’s funeral was actually in 1910! Love the editing & old photos.

[@Laurenteamec]

I feel so bad for him. He didn’t want to be Tsar, he wouldn’t have taken the role, but they still murdered him. Even sadder is that , as far as I know, they still haven’t been able to lay his remains to rest.

[@tangobabe27]

this paragraph is from felix yusupov bio On the wall of the cellar in Ipatiev's house, he found two inscriptions. The first was a copy of the twenty-first verse of Heine's poem "Balthazar": "Balthazar war in selbiger Nacht von seinem Knechten urngebracht." (That same night, Balthazar was murdered by his servants.) The second was in Hebrew and was later translated: "Here was slain the Head of the Church and of the State. The order has been obeyed." now go figure the real ones behind the assassinations

[@TakittyLove]

explain us, please :(

[@vladspb1861]

Евреи

[@here_we_go_again2571]

What a shame that Nicholas ii did not abdicate shortly after his marriage! (Neither he or Alexandra wanted to be at court). Michael Romanov probably would have been a better Tsar than Nicholas. Michael also may have had been able to negotiate a more suitable marriage than he one he made with Natalia had he been the Tsar. [Although, Arch-Duke Ferdinand had a morganic marriage and was going to be the emperor of Austria-Hungary. If Edward viii and Wallis Simpson had not been (they thought) secretly involved with the Nazis, the British government might have been more tolerant of their marriage. Nicholas could have lived out his life on a potato farm in a large country house. (The Pauline Laws did not help or guard the RRF against intrigue.) Although, it is doubtful that nothing could have prevented the fall of the Romanovs after WW1 began. The country was ill-prepared for war. However the country may been able to mobilize better if someone with more skill was at the helm.

[@daniel8728]

Why did you NOT identify Duke Michael's murderers? If you know one of the murderers wore his watch, you knew his identity.

[@Canerican.]

He was a handsome man!

[@johnpickford4222]

Countess Canuckyuckyuck: Yes, the purpose of the video was to show that 145 years after his death Grand Duck Michael was good looking. Nothing else matters in life. You must be a very superficial person.

[@bluedasher74]

He was incredibly handsome 😍

[@fritzbasset8645]

Too bad that Mikhail 1. lost his hair and 2. turned down the crown when it was offered. To hell with whether Kerensky could offer "safety"; it turns out he could not govern Russia for 6 months - just like Prince Lvov, Guchkov and the rest of the plotters that overturned the Tsar.

[@jaquelinexavier1843]

Dessa família Romanov não sobrou ninguém?

[@iloveroyals5094]

He was so handsome :( he didn't deserve that. 😕😔

[@johnpickford4222]

I love Royals: So if he had been smarter, married s wife acceptable at court, supported his brother and sister-in-law better but not very good looking, it would be okay to did like he did?? YOU’RE AN IDIOT AND FOOL AND DISRESPECTFUL OF THE HORROR THE IMPERIAL FAMILY SUFFERED.

[@terriecooperman7232]

So basically they lost the game of thrones

[@kevinklingner3098]

It's one of the things not many knew.

[@savagedarksider5934]

I always wonder how things would be if he had become Tsar.

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

History's "what ifs"...

[@otma2011]

Based on his personality, not so good... He was a nice guy, but definitely not Tsar material...

[@ROCKSLIDZ]

Most scholars think Michael would have made a very good Constitutional Monarch.

[@nicholasiiofrussia1662]

He would be very good constitutional monarch

[@brober]

@@otma2011 Better then his brother.

[@katalinvanover842]

Great content, just a minor correction: Edward the VII died May 6th of 1910 and was buried 14 days later on the 20th of May, 1910 at St. George's Chapel.

[@NigelJackson]

I believe in the traditional science of physiognomy ... contrast the elegance, dignity and physical beauty of the Romanovs with the brutish low-browed fugliness and scrawny wretchedness of the Bolsheviks and later Communists. One only wishes that Baron Ungern-Sternberg and his Asiatic Cavalry Corps could have liberated them and put their captors to the sword for their sins....

[@SC-gw8np]

I agree with you. One sees divinity in the genteelness, beauty & grace of the Romanovs. Unfortunately, such qualities inspire the most destructive envy in the low quality humans.

[@otma2011]

Hi, in the last known photo, with Michael, it's not Nikolai Johnson, but a man named Pyotr Znamerovsky. Also, Johnson was not British, he was born in Russia to a British father and Russian mother, and his English wasn't that good even. Also, his first name was never Brian, it was Nikolai. This info came directly from his grand nephew :)

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thanks for the correction!

[@Krawn_]

British male line means he was a British male that's how genealogy works?

[@Soda3000Pop]

The Holy Bible says: those who loose their life shall find their life! All who die wrongfully and innocently, God will raise them up on the last day. Amen

[@gilliansavant3816]

This was so excellant

[@kinimodreisac6653]

very interesting video

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Thanks for watching.

[@kinimodreisac6653]

@@RomanovRoyalMartyrs i read a lot about the Romanovs and every time i learn more. Pics in colour bring you even nearer

[@positivelybeautiful1]

Let the facts be revealed. The Romanovs were good rulers, love Russia and her people. They served, they appeared and were making changes, and wanted to do so without anarchy and conscientiously. Let the love of current Russians and the World honored them by reading the facts, and let the truths be known.

[@johnpickford4222]

positivelybeautiful1: So if everyone in Imperial Russia approved of how they were failing in WWI, the resulting starvation, the inadequacies of a functioning government then WHY WAS THERE AN ABDICATION, A REVOLUTION AND THE EXECUTION OF THE ROMANOVS. People were bored?? Think again you fool.

[@SC-gw8np]

Yes 👍

[@delsakelly1456]

Interesting history.

[@jodylebouton9436]

I don’t know why I am so drawn to the Romanovs but I am. I bought the book months ago but the print is so small I can’t make it out. So I watch when the things come on.

[@ArdeshirshahJahanshayanfar2001]

How human being can be cruel!

[@joedias7946]

The tsar were equally cruel. They killed a lot of Russians.

[@rolandrothwell4840]

Brilliant 👏

[@WilliamViets]

Grand Duke Michael was somewhat of a polymath. He was quite famous as a chef and often wowed diners with his Noodles Romanov, so much so that the Grand Duke often went by “noodles” as a nickname.

[@bobduvar]

Il était encore plus beau que son frère !! Sans déconner !! C'est tous des bombes les mecs dans cette famille !

[@cathland3868]

god bless him = dear grand duke my sweet mischa = such a loss of life should never be forgot = the whole of the tszars family so unfair = shall never forget nickys dear children = hope to see you soon = stay safe yours cat leicestershire 2021

[@kazhausler3430]

Gee well you must be at least 120 years old!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@misiasert1348]

I've always felt so bad for Michael 🥲

[@johnpickford4222]

misia sert: But not bad enough to trade places with him. What foolish comment from a fool. “I always felt so bad for Michael”, that’s an understatement.

[@FantasioOWL]

King Edward VII died in 1910, so he was burried in that same year. Not in 1909.

[@hanna4202]

Very sad 😥

[@parrotlady2007]

Melinia is more important then people realize.... Melinia is the True Queen of Germany 🇩🇪 👏

[@bcfairlie1]

He would have been an excellent Tsar

[@otma2011]

Have you read his diaries? I would say he would not have made a great Tsar at all...

[@nicholasiiofrussia1662]

@@otma2011 Constitutional one, yes. Absolute one, not so much

[@CRexcelsior]

@@otma2011 I know Michael was an Anglophile and might have seen absolutism as outdated, so more of a constitutional monarchist. Do you feel Michael didn't have the intelligence, temperament or character to be a good Tsar? After all, Nicholas was fairly unprepared to become Tsar after his father died, but he learned and grew. Since MIchael was second in line before Alexei was born, how involved/familiar was MIchael with the workings of the empire?

[@johnpickford4222]

Brent Fairy: What do you base that perspective on? There is NO EVIDENCE he would have made a great anything.

[@user-jq8kb5oh8m]

What if????God rest his soul 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@glennsepulveda4856]

Very handsome man!..

[@gm1897]

Excellent video. Alexander Kerensky died in 1970 not 1964. It is stated so on his gravestone in London UK.

[@user-hl1ll4ug1p]

Михаил после революции служил в Соловецком монастыре .Современник записал видео на тему ,показывал его трость и шапочку

[@JosephSaltal]

I still think that he was the legal Czar of Russia as Michael II.

[@anonymousr1918]

0:36 Anyway know where to find the full photo?

[@NP-sy2wg]

Interesting documentary, but Duke George died out of a motorcycle accident and they weren't 4 children, they were 6(5 reaching adulthood).

[@lordrobert12]

Rest In Peace Grand Duke Michael!!❤️❤️🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Amen

[@Blonde111]

If they(Romanov’s) only cared more for their disenfranchised rural population, were more aware of life other than royal entitlement, this family may not have been slaughtered.

[@Anne-pv9cb]

Like Democrats do?

[@msshelfbooty9742]

@@Anne-pv9cb irony of you saying that when the Romanov family was conservative through and through

[@dhyanaatenas]

Handsome man

[@deborasantos7503]

Eles eram muito bonitos os Romanoves 😊

[@kasamago]

Pray for the Romanov Family.. hopefully the spirit or Empire can be rising in Russian Lands..

[@jonkline709]

Wasn’t the ok for all these murders given by Lenin ?

[@RomanovRoyalMartyrs]

Yes, but "under the table"...