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Their meeting occurs after catherine had taken at least two pages from russian history and staged.

Russia catherine the great ivan. He led the coup which overthrew catherine s husband peter iii of russia and installed catherine as empress for some years he was virtually co ruler with her but his repeated infidelities and the enmity of catherine s other advisers led to his fall from power. Marfa of russia 1652 1707. It was a brilliant send off but for one. Detlev schwennicke europäische stammtafeln vol.

Prince grigory grigoryevich orlov grigory graf von orlow 1734 1783 was the favorite of catherine the great of russia. Ivan v tsar of russia 1666 1696 r 1682 1696. Robert nisbet bain the pupils of peter the great london 1897 mikhail semevsky ivan vi antonov ich in russian saint petersburg 1866 a. Pro vrouw maria s search to find catherine the great s lost treasure ship was the perfect feel good story to kick off the summer holiday season.

She came to power following a coup d état that overthrew her husband peter iii. Maria of russia 1660 1723. Ivan iii vasilyevich russian. Bruckner the emperor ivan vi and his family in russian moscow 1874 v.

Catherine of russia 1658 1718. Ivan vi is the prisoner catherine ii encounters in the first scene of hbo s catherine the great. Ivan iii the great g p. Bilbasov geschichte catherine ii vol.

But as writers gerald easter. By the end of her reign catherine the great had acquired more than 4 000 paintings 38 000 books 10 000 engraved gems 16 000 coins and medals and 10 000 drawings. Alexei of russia 1654 1670. 22 january 1440 moscow 27 october 1505 moscow also known as ivan the great was a grand prince of moscow and grand prince of all rus ivan served as the co ruler and regent for his blind father vasily ii from the mid 1450s before he officially ascended the throne in 1462.

In the early days of catherine s rule her reign was threatened by pretenders to the throne and by a former tsar ivan vi who ruled russia for a year during his infancy. Feodosia of russia 1662 1713. Catherine ii born sophie of anhalt zerbst. Sometimes referred to as the gatherer of the.