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2 days ago · Peter I ( [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until his death in 1725.
4 days ago · The empress’s death saved the king of Prussia from total disaster. Russia - Peter's Reforms, Tsars, Expansion: Peter’s unexpected death in 1725 at age 52 left unresolved two major institutional problems. The first was the succession to the throne, which remained unsettled not only because Peter did not choose his own successor but also ...
3 days ago · Every male sovereign continued usually to be called tsar (and his consort tsarina, or tsaritsa), but every female sovereign was conventionally called empress (imperatritsa). ***The direct line of the Romanov dynasty came to an end in 1761 with the death of Elizabeth, daughter of Peter I.
1 day ago · Russia - Expansion, Tsars, Revolution: Russia in the 19th century was both a multilingual and a multireligious empire. Only about half the population was at the same time Russian by language and Orthodox by religion. The Orthodox were to some extent privileged in comparison with the other Christians; all Christians enjoyed a higher status than Muslims; and the latter were not so disadvantaged ...
3 days ago · The Russo-Circassian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Circassia, was the invasion of Circassia by Russia, starting in 1763 with the Russian Empire assuming authority in Circassia, followed by the Circassian refusal, and ending 100 years, 10 months and 6 days later with the last army of Circassia defeated on 21 May 1864 , making it ...
1 day ago · t. e. Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia, its émigrés, and to Russian-language literature. [1] Major contributors to Russian literature, as well as English for instance, are authors of different ethnic origins, including bilingual writers, such as Kyrgyz novelist Chinghiz Aitmatov. [1] At the same time, Russian-language ...
5 days ago · Kennedy on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Kennedy made a few unsupported and inaccurate claims about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motives for the invasion.
