Gold, enamel.
Size 63 × 86 mm.
Weight 72.8 g.
Marked with half visible IK and unreadable gold hallmarks.
Size 63 × 86 mm.
Weight 72.8 g.
Marked with half visible IK and unreadable gold hallmarks.
Order of Saint Andrew the First Called of Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovich of Russia
Details.
On display in State Historical Museum in Moscow.
Collar also was made by Julius Keibel (although it didn't belong to the Grand Duke).
Gold, enamel.
Total length 1040 mm.
Weight 264.06 g.
Gold, enamel.
Total length 1040 mm.
Weight 264.06 g.
Sash of the St. Andrew order that belong to Nikolai Konstantinovich.
Size 1260 х 101 mm.
Size 1260 х 101 mm.
Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich of Russia /Великий князь Николай Константинович (14 February 1850 – 26 January 1918)/ was the first-born son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia and a grandson of Nicholas I of Russia.
He was awarded with the St.Andrew order on the day of his birth (February 14, 1850).
He was awarded with the St.Andrew order on the day of his birth (February 14, 1850).
Born in St Petersburg in the middle of the nineteenth century into the House of Romanov, he had a very privileged childhood. Most royal children were brought up by nannies and servants so by the time Nikolai had grown up he lived a very independent life having become a gifted military officer and an incorrigible womanizer. He had an affair with a notorious American woman Fanny Lear. In a scandal related to this affair, he stole three valuable diamonds from the revetment of one of the most valuable family icons. He was declared insane and he was banished to Tashkent.
He lived for many years under constant supervision in the area around Tashkent in the southeastern Russian Empire (now Uzbekistan) and made a great contribution to the city by using his personal fortune to help improve the local area. In 1890 he ordered the building of his own palace in Tashkent to house and show his large and very valuable collection of works of art and the collection is now the center of the state Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan. He was also famous in Tashkent as a competent engineer and irrigator, constructing two large canals, the Bukhar-aryk (which was poorly aligned and soon silted up) and the much more successful Khiva-Aryk, later extended to form the Emperor Nicholas I Canal, irrigating 12,000 desyatinas, 33,000 acres (134 km2) of land in the Hungry Steppe between Djizak and Tashkent. Most of this was then settled with Slavic peasant colonisers.
Nikolai died of pneumonia on 26 January 1918. He was buried in St. George's Cathedral (later demolished by the Soviet regime).
He lived for many years under constant supervision in the area around Tashkent in the southeastern Russian Empire (now Uzbekistan) and made a great contribution to the city by using his personal fortune to help improve the local area. In 1890 he ordered the building of his own palace in Tashkent to house and show his large and very valuable collection of works of art and the collection is now the center of the state Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan. He was also famous in Tashkent as a competent engineer and irrigator, constructing two large canals, the Bukhar-aryk (which was poorly aligned and soon silted up) and the much more successful Khiva-Aryk, later extended to form the Emperor Nicholas I Canal, irrigating 12,000 desyatinas, 33,000 acres (134 km2) of land in the Hungry Steppe between Djizak and Tashkent. Most of this was then settled with Slavic peasant colonisers.
Nikolai died of pneumonia on 26 January 1918. He was buried in St. George's Cathedral (later demolished by the Soviet regime).
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