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Oct 22, 2019 · Ivan lived to be twenty-three years old, surviving Elizabeth and her nephew-heir Peter III — Catherine the Great’s husband. Ivan VI is the prisoner Catherine II encounters in the first scene ...
- Alexis Nedd
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As Peter ascended to power in 1682, alongside his half-brother Ivan V, Russia was in dire need of reform. Massie takes readers on a vivid journey through Peter's vast empire, from the chaotic streets of Moscow to the sprawling fortresses and bustling ports along the Baltic and Black Seas.
Young Karl-Peter was the grandson of Peter the Great – and Anna, daughter of Peter’s half-brother (and co-ruler, until 1696) Ivan Alexeevich, certainly wanted her branch of the family to ...
- Ivan The Terrible
- Alexei Mikhailovich
- Peter The Great
- Catherine The Great
- Nicholas I
- Nicholas II
I do not boast about anything nor do I think about any pride, for I perform my royal duty and don’t do anything above my power. – Ivan the Terrible’s first letter to Andrey Kurbsky, 1564.
[There is ] a time for business and an hour for pleasure. – ‘The falconer’s way’, a guide to falconry with the introduction of Alexei Mikhailovich, mid-17th century.
Our people are like children, who will never take up the alphabet, when they are not forced by the master, but when they learn it, then they are thankful. – Supreme Decree to the Collegium of Manufactures of November 5, 1723. When a man is wrong in his duty, he harms the whole state. – ‘Explication [explanation] of state crimes’ for the draft Code ...
I am being robbed, the same way others are; but, this is a good sign and shows that there is something to steal. – Letter to Madame Bjölke, dated April 12, 1775.
There is no doubt that serfdom is an evident and palpable evil, but to touch it now would be even more fatal. – Speech at the State Council on March 30, 1842
I bear a terrible responsibility before God and am ready to give him every minute an account, but as long as I live, I will act with conviction, as my conscience commands me. – letter to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, 20 October 1902. Dear readers, Our website and social media accounts are under threat of being restricted or bann...
Ivan V Alekseyevich (Russian: Иван V Алексеевич; 6 September [O.S. 27 August] 1666 – 8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1696) was Tsar of all Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria Miloslavskaya, while Peter was the ...
Aug 12, 2023 · This week, we have yet another insane monarch for you, a monarch named Peter III. He was Czar of Russia during the mid 18th century, and only ruled for a mere six months before he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine the Great. He was later assassinated in 1762 when he was just 34 years old. He caused quite a lot of trouble during his short ...
Aug 14, 2020 · Royal turmoil characterized Russia in the 18th century, and you almost need a schematic to keep up with the twists and turns. It boils down to two branches of the same family at war with one another. Various factions engaged in bloody coups that left Peter the Great and his half-brother Ivan V as joint tsars. Ivan died in 1696, and Peter became ...
