About Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891)
Not to be confused with his son, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929).Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (Russian: ??????? ????? ??????? ??????????; 8 August 1831 – 25 April 1891) was the third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna.
He may also be referred to as Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder to tell him apart from his son.
Trained for the military, as a Field Marshal he commanded the Russian army of the Danube in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878.