Anna of Russia
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Anna Ioannovna, also russified as Anna Ivanovna and sometimes anglicized as Anne, served as regent of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from
Portrait by Louis Caravaque, 1730
Coinage of Anna of Russia
Empress Anna abrogates the "Conditions"
In this 1878 painting by Valery Jacobi, the scared newlyweds Mikhail Golitsyn and Avdotya Buzheninova sit on the icy bed to the left; the jocular woman in golden dress is Empress Anna.
Ivan VI of Russia
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Ivan VI Antonovich, also known as Ioann Antonovich, was Emperor of Russia from October 1740 until he was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in December 1741. He was only two months old when h
Anna of Russia
…and terror. In public perception these negative qualities became the hallmark of Anna's reign. As her health declined Anna declared her grandnephew, Ivan VI, as her successor and appointed Biron as regent. This was an attempt to secure the line of her father, Ivan V, and exclude the descendants of Peter the…
Portrait, 1750
Mirovich Standing over the Corpse of Ivan VI (1884) by Ivan Tvorozhnikov