ĭuring World War II, Vladimir was living in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer in Brittany. In 1938 there were suggestions that he would be made regent of Ukraine but he rebuffed the idea, saying he would not help dissolve Russia. On the death of his father on 12 October 1938, Vladimir assumed the Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia. He later returned to France moving to Brittany where he became a landowner. In the 1930s Vladimir lived for a period in England studying at the University of London and working at the Blackstone agricultural equipment factory in Lincolnshire. In 1930 his family left Germany for Saint-Briac, France where his father set up his court. With his father's assumption of the Imperial title Vladimir was granted the title of Tsesarevich ( heir apparent) and Grand Duke with the style of Imperial Highness. Two years later on 31 August 1924 his father went a step further and assumed the title Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias. On 8 August 1922 Vladimir's father declared himself Curator of the Russian throne. His family left Finland in 1920, moving to Coburg, Germany. Vladimir's family had fled to Finland after the Russian Revolution of 1917. His maternal grandparents were Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia. Vladimir's paternal grandparents were Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna ( née Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin). Vladimir was born Prince Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia at Porvoo in the Grand Duchy of Finland, the only son of Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich and Grand Duchess Viktoria Feodorovna ( née Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha). Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia ( Russian: Владимир Кириллович Романов 30 August 1917 – 21 April 1992) was the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia, a position which he claimed from 1938 to his death. Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
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