AT THE HEAD OF THE ST. PETERSBURG MILITARY DISTRICT. "GOOD MASTER": GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR ALEXANDROVICH-BETWEEN THE "OLD" AND "NEW" RUSSIA <i>CONTINUATION (BEGINNING) SEE SCIENTIFIC NOTES OF OGU NAMED AFTER I.S. TURGENEV. №.4 (89). 2020. PP. 69-72)</i>
The article is a continuation ofthe study of the state of the military elite in general and the position of the representatives of the royal house in it, in particular. On the basis of archival sources and memoir literature, the role of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich as the commander of the St. Petersburg Military District is analyzed. Based on the study of the commanders of the Guard troops and the St. Petersburg military District and the commanders of the Guards Corps, it is concluded that from 1864 to 1914, these positions were the prerogative of the heirs of the House of Romanov.