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a Russian Grand Duke, 1872. I t was the highlight of his “Grand Tour.”. Twenty-two-year-old Grand Duke Alexis, sixth child of Russian Emperor Alexander II, had arrived in the US the previous November to tour North America. After calling on President Grant, where he received a cold reception due to a diplomatic dispute regarding a request of ...
Eudoxia Lopukhina. Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich of Russia (28 February 1690 – 26 June 1718) was a Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina. Alexei despised his father and repeatedly thwarted Peter's plans to raise him as successor to the throne, to continue his policies.
The third son of Emperor Alexander II, Grand Duke Alexis toured the United States in 1871-72 in the most important Russian official visit to America to that time. This trip highlighted a warm contemporary relationship between Russia and the United States and became a major public-relations event--Alexis was continually greeted by large crowds and newspaper reporters who published mostly ...
Feb 17, 2024 · Jailed Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who made global headlines when he was poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, has died, the Russian prison service said.
Catherine I died two years after Peter I, on 17 May 1727 at age 43, in Saint 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.
Marta Skowrońska. (later Catherine I of Russia) Peter Petrovich (15 November 1715 – 19 April 1719) was a Russian Tsarevich and son of Emperor Peter I and Empress Catherine. Tsarevich Peter became heir to the Russian throne in February 1718 after the Emperor removed his eldest son, Alexis Petrovich, from the succession.
Alexis in 1902. (WIP under revision) Alexei Nikolaevich (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич) (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1896 – 27 September 1986) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 17 July 1968 until his death in 1986. He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and ...
