17 Facts About Mikhail Rodzianko

Mikhail Vladimirovich Rodzianko was a Russian statesman of Ukrainian origin.

Mikhail Rodzianko was a key figure in the events that led to the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia on 15 March 1917.

Mikhail Rodzianko came from an old and rich noble family of Ukrainian origin and was educated at the Corps des Pages.

In 1884 Mikhail Rodzianko married Anna Nikolaevna Galitzine ; the couple had three children.

In 1905 Mikhail Rodzianko had been one of the founders and leaders of the Octobrist party.

Mikhail Rodzianko, who asked Rasputin to leave the capital, and Theofan of Poltava held Rasputin to be a Khlyst.

On 21 February 1913, Mikhail Rodzianko dismissed Rasputin from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan in Saint Petersburg shortly before the celebration of the tercentenary of Romanov rule over Russia.

Mikhail Rodzianko had established himself in front of the seats which Rodzianko, after considerable difficulty, had secured for the Duma.

On 11 August 1915, the day the Emperor announced he would take the Supreme Command from Grand Duke Nicholas, according to M Nelipa, Rodzianko suffered a heart attack.

Somehow Mikhail Rodzianko participated in the creation of the Progressive Bloc.

Mikhail Rodzianko demanded that the Empress be internally exiled to the Crimea until the end of the war.

Mikhail Rodzianko told Nicholas the truth, after being urged by the Emperor's mother and sisters.

Mikhail Rodzianko discussed the situation with General Nikolai Ruzsky, who had the Imperial train stopped in Pskov.

Mikhail Rodzianko appointed General Lavr Kornilov as head over the troops in Petrograd.

Mikhail Rodzianko succeeded in publishing an order for the immediate return of the soldiers to their barracks and to subordinate to their officers.

Mikhail Rodzianko supported Anton Denikin and Pyotr Wrangel but when it became clear the White Army had lost, he emigrated to Serbia in 1920.

Mikhail Rodzianko's remains were moved to the Belgrade New Cemetery in May 1924.