Emperor of Russia
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The emperor and autocrat of all Russia was the official title of the Russian monarch from 1721 to 1917.
Last to reign Nicholas II 1 November 1894 – 15 March 1917
Regalia of the Emperor
Peter I by Kneller
Catherine I of Russia
Catherine the Great
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Catherine II, commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after a coup d'etat against her husband, Peter III. Her long reign helped Russia thr
Portrait, 1780s
Catherine in her childhood, by Anna Rosina de Gasc, 1742
Catherine as Grand Duchess around the time of her marriage (portrait by Louis Caravaque, 1745)
An equestrian portrait of Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna from before 1749