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Andrei Alexandrovich, prince of Russia
Russian prince
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Also known as: Knyaz Andrei Aleksandrovich, Prince Andrew Alexandrovich of Russia
- Russian:
- Knyaz Andrei Aleksandrovich
- Andrei also called:
- Andrew
- Born:
- January 25, 1897, St. Petersburg, Russia
Andrei Alexandrovich, prince of Russia (born January 25, 1897, St. Petersburg, Russia—died May 8, 1981, Faversham, Kent, England) grandson of Tsar Alexander III of Russia who narrowly escaped death after the Russian Revolution and was freed by German troops shortly before the World War I armistice. The prince fled to Paris with his father, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhaylovich, and later joined the rest of the family in Britain. As the eldest nephew of Nicholas II, Prince Andrei became head of the exiled Russian imperial family. During his life in exile he devoted himself to painting and stamp collecting.