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Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia

1876 - 1938

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Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia (Russian: Кирилл Владимирович Романов; Kirill Vladimirovich Romanov; 12 October [O.S. 30 September] 1876 – 12 October 1938) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Emperor Alexander II and a first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor. He was also the uncle of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. Grand Duke Kirill followed a career in the Imperial Russian Navy serving for 20 years in the Naval Guards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia has received more than 639,552 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia is the 167th most popular nobleman (down from 130th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Russia (down from 198th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Nobleman.

Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia is most famous for being the first member of the Romanov dynasty to convert to the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 167 out of 1,415. Before him are Isabella d'Este, Avidius Cassius, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. After him are Sorghaghtani Beki, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Eleonora Gonzaga, Maximilian Sforza, Archduchess Anna of Austria, and Christina of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 27. Before him are Hermann Müller, Róbert Bárány, Robert Guérin, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Max Jacob, and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium. After him are Maxim Litvinov, Wilhelm Cuno, Kim Koo, Bruno Walter, Sherwood Anderson, and Paula Modersohn-Becker. Among people deceased in 1938, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 26. Before him are Osip Mandelstam, Marie of Romania, Christian Lous Lange, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Bruno Taut, and Vasily Blyukher. After him are Maud of Wales, Lev Shestov, Nikolai Kondratiev, Branislav Nušić, Thomas Wolfe, and Suzanne Lenglen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 247 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Nemtsov (1959), Pitirim Sorokin (1889), Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839), Arthur Adamov (1908), Viktor Zubkov (1941), and Vasily Blyukher (1889). After him are Dmitry Yazov (1924), Iziaslav I of Kiev (1024), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Johann Georg Hamann (1730), Pharnaces II of Pontus (-95), and Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Russia

Among noblemen born in Russia, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia ranks 13. Before him are Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882), Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853), Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (1857), Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), and Daniel of Moscow (1261). After him are Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (1843), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), and Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (1554).

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