Portrait of Catherine II

The artist is Ust -Ruditskaya Ekaterina II Great (Sofia Augusta Frederick Anhalt-Tserbstskaya, Ekaterina Alekseevna, April 21 / May 2, 1729, Stettin −November 6/17, 1796, St. Petersburg) − The daughter of Prince Christian Augusta Cerbact Dornburg and Johanna Elizabeth, Princess Golstein-Gottorp. From 1742 the wife of Grand Duke Peter Fedorovich. Came to power in 1762 as…

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Portrait of Peter I

The artist is a monogramist Peter I the Great (Petr Alekseevich; May 30 / June 9, 1672, Moscow − January 28 /8 February, 1725, St. Petersburg) − The last king of all Rus’ from the Romanov dynasty (from 1682) and the first Emperor All -Russian (since 1721). He was the fourteenth child of Tsar Alexei…

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Portrait of Yakov Turgenev

The artist is unknown Turgenev Yakov Fedorovich (16? – 1695). The tenant of the Ritarean system was in the service from 1671; Member of the “all-otorous crazy cathedral of the most all-food prince-papa”. Wore the title of “old warrior and Kyiv colonel”. Commanded a company in Kozhukhov’s campaign (1694). In January 1695, the Shutovskaya wedding…

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Portrait m. A. Rumyantseva

The artist is anthropov Maria Andreevna Rumyantseva, nee Countess Matveeva (1698-1788), one of the most prominent women of Russia of the 18th century. Wife General-Anthef count a. AND. Rumyantseva. Occupied a prominent position at court: since 1744-the state-date of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, from 1775-the cavalier lady of the Order of St. Catherine of the…

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Portrait of Peter III

The artist is anthropov Peter III (Karl Peter Ulrich Golstein-Gottorpsky; February 21, 1728, keel − July 6/17, 1762, Ropsha) − The son of the Duke of Golstein-Gottorp Carl Frederick and daughter of Peter I Anna Petrovna. In 1742 he was brought to Petersburg as the heir to the throne. Having accepted Orthodoxy, he received the…

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