#Monument to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich

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Monument to Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich in the Kremlin

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was one of Alexander III's younger brothers. His views were as reactionary as his brother's. He held considerable power during Alexander's reign and continued to do so under his nephew Nicholas II. Sergei was also the Tsar's brother-in-law, as he married Empress Alexandra's sister, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.

After a long and distinguished military career, he was appointed Governor General of Moskow, a position only answerable to the Tzar. Although Sergei was often condemned as a complete reactionary during his governorship, according to his brother-in-law Ernest, Grand Duke of Hesse, he wanted and strove for improvements, which angered conservatives, but blocked revolutionary reforms, which infuriated radicals because he considered them impractical or thought that Russia was not ready for them. He held his post as governor of Moscow for nearly fifteen years. Sergei resigned during great political unrest, not only tired after many years of service but also dissatisfied with the policies of the new Tsar. Fearing an assassination attempt, he moved his family into the Kremlin and took many security precautions. His premonition was correct. On his way out of the Kremlin, he was blown to pieces by a terrorist bomb.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna was devastated by her husband's death and decided to take the veil. In 1908 she had a monument built to Sergei's memory in the exact place of his assassination. In 1918, the Bolsheviks destroyed the memorial. It was restored in 1998 in the Novospassky Monastery, where Sergei's remains are buried. The second restored monument was consecrated in the Moscow Kremlin in 2017, where the original monument once stood. (gcl)

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The Monument to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia  is a monument dedicated to Sergei Alexandrovich, it was consecrated on 2 April 1908 in the spot of his assassination. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the monument was destroyed in 1918, but was restored in 1998 in the Novospassky Monastery in Moscow where Sergei Alexandrovich's remains are buried. The second restored monument was consecrated in the Moscow Kremlin in 2017, where the original monument once stood.