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Anna, empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. After the death of Peter II, the Supreme Privy Council, Russia’s ruling body, offered Anna the throne if she agreed to conditions placing the real power in the council’s hands. She initially agreed but later abolished the council and reestablished the autocracy.
Catherine II named her son and heir, Paul. Peter III was one quarter Russian, Catherine II – zero; so the amount of Russian blood in the veins of Paul I was (25/2=), or 12.5 percent. For some ...
Russian Empire - Peter I, Expansion, Reforms: The years 1682 to 1725 encompass the troubled but important regency of Sophia Alekseyevna (until 1689), the joint reign of Ivan V and Peter I (the Great), and the three decades of the effective rule of Peter I. In the latter period Muscovy, already established in Siberia, entered the European scene. Upon its creation in 1721 the Russian Empire ...
In 1703, on the Baltic Sea, Peter founded Saint Petersburg as Russia's new capital. Throughout his rule, sweeping reforms were made, which brought significant Western European cultural influences to Russia. He was succeeded by Catherine I (1725–1727), followed by Peter II (1727–1730), and Anna.
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia. Prince Karl Emich of Leiningen. The emperor and autocrat of all Russia [1] ( Russian: Император и Самодержец Всероссийский ), [a] also translated as emperor and autocrat of all the Russias, [2] was the official title of the Russian monarch from 1721 to 1917. The title ...
Peter II of Russia (1715–1730) Peter II of Montenegro (1813–1851) Peter II of Brazil (1825–1891), second and last Emperor of Brazil; Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1827–1900) Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923–1970) Peter II (cat) (1946–1947), Chief Mouser to the UK Cabinet Office; Religion. Peter II of Alexandria, 21st Patriarch of ...
The Greek orb, which came from Istanbul in 1662 together with a scepter, was used by Alexis of Russia. An orb was also made for Peter II of Russia – and it was quite small because, in 1727, the ...
