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May 1, 2024 · 01/05/2024. 31. 0. Peter III: Russia’s Enigmatic Eighteenth-Century Tsar Story. Imagine a figure shrouded in controversy and mystery, whose brief reign as Russian Emperor left a lasting impact on the course of history. Meet Peter III, the enigmatic husband of Catherine the Great and father of Paul I, who ascended to the throne in the 18th century.
May 5, 2024 · In 1773 Yemelyan Pugachov, a former officer of the Don Cossacks, pretending to be the dead emperor Peter III, incited the greatest uprising of Russian history prior to the revolution of 1917. Starting in the Ural region, the movement spread rapidly through the vast southeastern provinces, and in June 1774 Pugachov’s Cossack troops prepared to ...
May 10, 2024 · Paul, emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801. He was the son of Peter III (reigned 1762) and Catherine the Great (reigned 1762–96). A tyrannical and capricious ruler, he was assassinated in his bedchamber with the approval of his son and heir, Alexander I.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The foundations of the Russian Empire was laid during Peter I's reforms, which significantly altered Russia's political and social structure, and as a result of the Great Northern War which strengthened Russia's standing on the world stage.
1 day ago · Peter I ( Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1] IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 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.
- 2 November 1721 – 8 February 1725
- Natalya Naryshkina
4 days ago · Emp. of Russia 1715–1730 r.1727–1730: Peter 1704: Paul 1705: Catherine 1706–1708: Elizabeth Emp. of Russia 1709–1762 r.1741–1762: Ivan VI Emp. of Russia 1740–1764 r.1740–1741: Charles Frederick Duke of Holstein-G. 1700–1739 r.1702–1739: Anna of Russia 1708–1728: Maria 1713–1715: Peter 1715–1719: Pavel 1717–1717 ...
May 13, 2024 · Catherine I (born April 15 [April 5, Old Style], 1684—died May 17 [May 6], 1727, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a peasant woman of Baltic (probably Lithuanian) birth who became the second wife of Peter I the Great and empress of Russia (1725–27).
