Catherine I of Russia
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Catherine I was Empress of Russia from 8 February 1725 until her death in 1727. She was previously empress consort of Russia from 1721 to 1725 as the second wife of Peter the Great, and tsaritsa conso
Portrait, 1717
Interior of their log cabin
Their small wooden palace in Strelna, designed by Le Blond around 1714, had a botanical garden
First Winter Palace by Alexey Zubov
Elizabeth of Russia
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Elizabeth or Elizaveta Petrovna was Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs because of her decision not to execute a single person dur
Catherine I of Russia
…ceremony between 23 October and 1 December 1707 in Saint Petersburg. They had twelve children, two of whom survived into adulthood, Anna (born 1708) and Elizabeth (born 1709). Tsar Peter I had moved the capital to Saint Petersburg in 1703. While the city was being built he lived with Catherine in a modest three-room…
Portrait by Vigilius Eriksen, 1757
Young Elizabeth in the 1720s, painted by Ivan Nikitich Nikitin.
Portrait of her fiancé, Charles Augustus of Holstein-Gottorp (1706-1727), Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, ca. 1725.
Peter II and Princess Elizabeth Petrovna Riding to Hound by Valentin Serov