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| Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich | |
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| Born | (1850-01-14)14 January 1850 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 14 November 1908(1908-11-14) (aged 58) Paris, France |
| Burial | Grand Ducal Mausoleum |
| Issue | Alexei Alexeevich |
| House | House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Alexander II of Russia |
| Mother | Marie of Hesse and by Rhine |
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (St. Petersburg 14 January 1850 (4 January O.S.) – Paris, 14 November 1908) was the sixth child and the fourth son of Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse). Destined to a naval career, Alexei Alexandrovich started his military training at the age of 7. By the age of 20 he had been appointed lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Navy and had visited all European military ports of Russia. In 1871 he was sent as a goodwill ambassador to the United States and Japan.
In 1883 he was appointed general admiral. He made a big contribution to re-equipping the Russian navy with new ships and in modernizing the naval ports. He was blamed for the Russian loss to the Japanese in the Battle of Tsushima. In 1905, he was relieved of his command. He died in Paris in 1908.
During 1871 the Grand Duke led a squadron of the Russian Navy on a return visit to the United States. Whilst in New York a dinner in his honour was given at Delmonico's, and the dish Lobster Duke Alexis named for him in his honor by Charles Ranhofer.
Alexei Alexandrovich (the boy with the light color pants) with three of his brothers (from left to right: Alexander, Alexei, Vladimir and Tsarevich Nicholas) photo by Sergei Lvovich Levitsky
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich in his youth, photo by Sergei Lvovich Levitsky
Alexandra Zhukovskaya
On board the frigate Svetlana
Photo by Mathew Brady
Newspaper caricature of the Grand Duke's buffalo hunt
The Great Royal Buffalo HuntColor print by Louis Maurer (1895)
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich and General George Armstrong Custer in Topeka, at the end of the buffalo hunt
Poster of the Rex parade of 1872
Telegram sent by Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich to Tsar Alexander II confirming the visit of the Japanese Emperor
Palace of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich on the Moika Embankment of Saint Petersburg
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich in the uniform of General-Admiral of Russia
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich and the Duchess of Leuchtenberg
