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Elizabeth of Russia

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Name: Elizabeth Petrovna
Birth Date: December 18, 1709
Death Date: December 25, 1761
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Gender: Female
Occupations: empress

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Biography of Elizabeth Petrovna
439 words, approx. 2 pages
The Russian empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1709-1761) ruled from 1741 to 1761. Her reign was marked by Russia's continuing Westernization and growth as a great power. Born in Moscow on Dec. 18, 1709, Elizabeth was the daughter of Peter I and Catherine...


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Elizabeth
515 words, approx. 2 pages
(born Dec. 18 [Dec. 29, New Style], 1709, Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, Russia—died Dec. 25, 1761, [Jan. 5, 1762], St. Petersburg) empress of Russia from 1741 to 1761 (1762, New Style). The daughter of Peter I the Great (reigned 1682–1725) and...
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Elizabeth
136 words, approx. 1 pages
(born Dec. 18, 1709, Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, Russia—died Dec. 25, 1761, St. Petersburg) Empress of Russia (1741–61). Daughter of Peter I and Catherine I, she was proclaimed empress after staging a coup d'état and arresting Ivan...
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Elizabeth of Russia Information
2,671 words, approx. 9 pages
Yelizaveta Petrovna (Russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́т) Петро́вна) (December 29, 1709 – January 5, 1762 (New Style); December 18, 1709 – December 25, 1761 (Old Style)), also known as Yelisavet and Elizabeth, was an Empress...


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The Washington Post
Elizabeth II Visits Russia On Wave of Royal Gossip
10/18/1994: 607 words, approx. 2 pages
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Russia today for a visit that draws a symbolic close to seven decades of royal frostiness toward Russia over the assassination of Czar Nicholas II, the queen's distant cousin, whose execution with his family by Bolshevik revolutionaries in...
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History Today
Empress Elizabeth, Her Reign and Her Russia: 1741-1762. (book reviews)
06/01/1997: 1,279 words, approx. 4 pages
Academic International Press xvi + 276 pp. $35. ISBN: 0-87569-140-4 After years of exposure to pictures of stiff and heavy middle-aged males embracing visiting heads of state, one might be forgiven for thinking that Russia has always been ruled by men. For...
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AP Features
Saturday, January 5
12/29/2007: 742 words, approx. 3 pages
Today is Saturday, Jan. 5, the 5th day of 2008. There are 361 days left in the year.Highlights in history on this date:1477 - Swiss defeat and kill Charles the Bold of Burgundy at Battle of Nancy.1762 - Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia dies, is succeeded...
 


 

Elizabeth of Russia

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