Nicholas wuxuu ku dhashay qasriga Gatchina ee Gatchina Grand Duke Paul, iyo Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna ee Ruushka (née Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg). Shan bilood ka dib dhalashadiisa, ayeeyadiis, Catherine the Great, ayaa dhimatay waalidiintiisuna waxay noqdeen boqor iyo boqorad Ruushka. Wuxuu ahaa walaalkii yaraa ee Emperor Alexander I ee Ruushka, oo ku guuleystay carshiga 1801, iyo Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich ee Ruushka. Riasanovsky wuxuu leeyahay wuxuu ahaa, "ninka ugu quruxda badan Yurub, laakiin sidoo kale waa nin soo jiidasho leh oo ku raaxeystay shirkadda dumarka oo inta badan ku fiicnaa ragga".
Qasriga Gatchina ee Gatchina