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Apr 23, 2024 · Peter I (born June 9 [May 30, Old Style], 1672, Moscow, Russia—died February 8 [January 28], 1725, St. Petersburg) was the tsar of Russia who reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V (1682–96) and alone thereafter (1696–1725) and who in 1721 was proclaimed emperor ( imperator ). He was one of his country’s greatest statesmen ...
Russia - The Petrine state: Formally, Peter changed the tsardom of Muscovy into the Empire of All Russias, and he himself received the title of emperor from the Senate at the conclusion of the peace with Sweden. Not only did the title aim at identifying the new Russia with European political tradition, but it also bespoke the new conception of rulership and of political authority that Peter ...
Peter II. Peter II (Russian: Petr Alekseevich), b 23 October 1715 in Saint Petersburg, d 29 January 1730 in Moscow. (Portrait: Peter II .) Russian emperor in 1727–30; grandson of Peter I and son of Tsarevich Aleksei, who was executed on his father's order. During the first year of his reign the de facto ruler was Prince Aleksandr Menshikov.
May 12, 2020 · He moved to Russia’s then-capital, St. Petersburg, where he took the name Peter (Pyotr) and was forced to give up his Lutheran faith and join the Russian Orthodox Church. Catherine II of Russia ...
The period from Peter’s death to Catherine II’s accession (1725–62) was an eclipse. Male members of the Romanov dynasty (that is, Peter’s grandsons Peter II and Peter III , the sons of his son Alexis and of his daughter Anna of Holstein-Gottorp, respectively) were frail and feeble of mind.
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.
Chapel of St Catherine the Martyr, Peter and Paul Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall. of 2. Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Czar Peter Ii Of Russia stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures. Czar Peter Ii Of Russia stock photos are available in a variety of sizes and formats ...
