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1 day ago · Catherine I died two years after Peter I, on 17 May 1727 at age 43, in St. Petersburg, where she was buried at St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress. Tuberculosis, diagnosed as an abscess of the lungs, caused her early demise. Before her death she recognized Peter II, the grandson of Peter I and Eudoxia, as her successor.
- Peter II
Peter II Alexeyevich (23 October 1715 – 30 January 1730) was...
- Rulers of Russia Family Tree
Tsar of Russia 1661–1682 r.1676–1682: Marfa Apraksina...
- Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (Russian: А́нна...
- Cabin of Peter The Great
Peter built similar domiki elsewhere in Russia - for...
- Peter II
1 day ago · RU. Internet TLD. .ru. .рф. Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.
1 day ago · The 1945 Moscow Victory Parade (Russian: Парад Победы, tr. Parad Pobedy) also known as the Parade of Victors (Russian: Парад победителей, tr. Parad pobediteley) was a victory parade held by the Soviet Armed Forces (with the Color Guard Company representing the First Polish Army) after the defeat of Nazi Germany.
1 day ago · Polish Golden Age. Coordinates: 50°03′N 19°56′E. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania – Sigismund II Augustus and Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania – Barbara Radziwiłł in Vilnius by Jan Matejko. The Polish Golden Age ( Polish: Złoty Wiek Polski) was the Renaissance period in Poland and the Grand Duchy of ...
1 day ago · The Battle of Borodino ( Russian pronunciation: [bərədʲɪˈno]) [d] took place near the village of Borodino on 7 September [ O.S. 26 August] 1812 [13] during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain a decisive victory and suffered tremendous losses.
- French victory (See aftermath)
1 day ago · Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia (1907–1989) Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia: December 4, 1878: June 13, 1918: Married 1912, Natalia Brasova (1880–1952) and had 1 child: George Mikhailovich, Count Brasov (1910 –1931) Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia: June 13, 1882: November 24, 1960
1 day ago · The Battle of Craonne (7 March 1814) was a battle between an Imperial French army under Emperor Napoleon I opposing a combined army of Imperial Russians and Prussians led by Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. The War of the Sixth Coalition engagement began when the bulk of Napoleon's army tried to drive Mikhail Semyonovich ...
