Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia was the eldest daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Empress Catherine I. Her younger sister, Empress Elizabeth, ruled between 1741 and 1762. While a potentia
Portrait by Ivan Adolsky, after 1721
Anna as a child painted by Nikitin, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Anna's husband, Charles Frederick, painted by David von Krafft, 1720s
Portrait by Louis Caravaque, 1720s, National Museum in Warsaw
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Peter I, better known as Peter the Great, was Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
…Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (Russian: Анна Петровна; 7 February [O.S. 27 January] 1708 – 15 March [O.S. 4 March] 1728) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Empress Catherine I. Her younger sister, Empress Elizabeth, ruled between 1741 and 1762. While a potential heir in the reign of her nephew Peter…
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1717
Peter as a child
Double throne in Kremlin Armoury. A large hole was cut in the back of the dual-seated throne used by Ivan and Peter. Sophia would sit behind the throne and listen as Peter conversed with nobles, while feeding him information and giving him responses to questions and problems.
Peter's ship, rigged with a sail and a mast with the help of Dutch carpenters