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Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich's and his "British Secretary:" A Case of Mistaken Identity

Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich was executed on the outskirts of Perm, along with his secretary, Nicholas Johnson, on or around midnight of June 12, 1918. They were the first Romanovs to die at the hands of the Bolsheviks.

Nicholas Johnson started working as Misha's secretary in 1912. It is very interesting that Mr. Johnson was not British (most sources say he was and he is frequently referred to as "Misha's English Secretary") He was a Russian national and so were his parents; his mother was of distant English descent. Mr. Johnson is said not to have spoken English all that well. He is even physically misidentified in photographs.

The gentleman who appears with Mikhail in the photo to the right, below, is always incorrectly identified as Johnson. The gentleman dressed in the dark suit who appears with Mikhail and an unidentified woman in the other photo is the real Nicholas Johnson (his name is sometimes given as Brian Johnson.)

One thing is clear. Johnson was extremely loyal to Misha. When the Bolsheviks collected Misha to take him to Perm, Johson was not included in their plans. But the secretary insisted on going with the Grand Duke. Two other servants accompanied them, also voluntarily.

Nicholas Johnson, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich's secretary.

From left to right, Countess Natalia Brasova, Mikhail's wife, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, an unidentified woman, and Nicholas Johnson.

In Perm, when the Bolsheviks came to take Mikhail to be executed, they did not want to take Mr. Johnson since taking him made their plans more complicated. But Mr. Johnson would not let the Grand Duke be taken alone. It is said that the executioners fired at Johnson first and Mikhail tried to interpose himself between the secretary and the bullet. The remains of these two people who were evidently very loyal to each other have yet to be found.

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“Chronicling the underappreciated black tradition of bearing arms for self-defense, this book presents an array of examples reaching back to the pre-Civil War era that demonstrate a willingness of African American men and women to use firearms when necessary to defend their families and communities. From Frederick Douglass's advice to keep "a good revolver" handy as defense against slave catchers to the armed self-protection of Monroe, North Carolina, blacks against the KKK chronicled in Robert Williams's Negroes with Guns, it is clear that owning firearms was commonplace in the black community. Nicholas Johnson points out that this story has been submerged because it is hard to reconcile with the dominant narrative of nonviolence during the civil rights era. His book, however, resolves that tension by showing how the black tradition of arms maintained and demanded a critical distinction between private self-defense and political violence. Johnson also addresses the unavoidable issue of young black men with guns and the toll that gun violence takes on many in the inner city. He shows how complicated this issue is by highlighting the surprising diversity of views on gun ownership in the black community. In fact, recent Supreme Court affirmations of the right to bear arms resulted from cases led by black plaintiffs. Surprising and informative, this well-researched book strips away many stock assumptions of conventional wisdom on the issue of guns and the black freedom struggle.”

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2020 graduate Nicholas Johnson has become the first Black valedictorian in Princeton University history. Johnson studied operations research and financial engineering. He will begin a Ph.D. program in operations research at MIT in fall 2020. [CNN]

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UK nurse imprisoned for life for murder of newborns - Times of India

LONDON: A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and calculation” of her actions. Lucy Letby, who refused to appear in court to face grieving parents who spoke of their anger and anguish, was given the most…

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Video of The Day: Nicholas Johnson - New Vampire

Nicholas Johnson has not only released a new incredible record, Shady Pines Vol. 2, but played an incredible record release show at Urban Artifact in Cincinnati that we were able to see! Damn, what a good show. The celebration of new music from Nicholas included stellar sets from The New Old-Fashioned’s David Payne and Kent Montgomery (longtime listeners of the show will know that TNOF is a big…

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