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Elizabeth or Elizaveta Petrovna ( Russian: Елизаве́та Петро́вна; 29 December [ O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January [ O.S. 25 December] 1762) reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762.
Elizabeth of Russia, also known as Elizaveta Petrovna, was the Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762. She was a very powerful and popular monarch who led the country into two major European wars—the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.
The daughter of the first emperor managed to rule Russia for 20 years during one of the most difficult periods in its history. But let’s put politics and empire aside, and try to...
Elizabeth or Elizaveta Petrovna ( Russian: Елизаве́та Петро́вна; 29 December [ O.S. 18 December] 1709 – 5 January [ O.S. 25 December] 1762) reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762.
May 8, 2018 · ELIZABETH (RUSSIA) (1709 – 1762; ruled 1741 – 1762), empress of Russia. Elizabeth Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great and his second wife, Catherine, reigned as empress for over twenty years.
Oct 10, 2016 · (public domain) The future Empress Elizabeth of Russia was born on 29 December 1709 as the daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I of Russia. She and her sister Anna were the only two children of their parents to survive to adulthood.
Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of Peter the Great, so according to the rule book she had to wait until her father’s grandson - Peter II - and her eldest sister Anna had their turns...
