In accord with imperial tradition, Grand Prince Sergei Alexandrovich was registered as a corporal with the Lifeguards of the Preobrazhensky regiment at the moment of his birth. In 1891, already holding the rank of major-general, he was appointed to the post of governor-general of Moscow. In 1894 he was appointed a member of the State Council, and on 26 May 1896, he was made commander of the troops of the Moscow military district.
Like his predecessors Pavel Tuchkov and Vladimir Dolgorukov, Grand Prince Sergei Alexandrovich made his contribution to the development of elective organs of municipal administration. The ceremonial opening and blessing of a new Duma building on Voskresenskaya Square was held in May 1892, and at the end of the same year elections were held according to the new Municipal Instructions of 1892 on the election of councillors.
In 1893, the construction of the next section of the Mytishchi water supply system was completed, and this helped to resolve a number of economic problems. In 1904, the city's stock of public transport vehicles was supplemented with trams, thus improving the state of passenger transport. The one-day census of the population conducted in 1902 was of considerable importance for the development of the city.
The cultural life of the city was also marked by a number of events: in 1896 the Museum of City Administration was opened, and in 1898 the Drama Theatre for the General Public was opened.
On 1 January 1905, Grand Prince Sergei Alexandrovich was relieved of his duties of governor-general at his own request, but retained the post of commander of the troops of the Moscow military district.
On 4 February 1905, Grand Prince Sergei Alexandrovich was killed in the Kremlin by a bomb thrown by the Socialist Revolutionary I.P. Kalyayev.
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