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Also Known As	Aleksey Petrovich
Born	February 28, 1690 • Moscow • Russia
Died	July 7, 1718 (aged 28) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Family Members	father Peter I • mother Eudoxia • son Peter II

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Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.

Peter I

emperor of Russia

Portrait of Catherine the Great of Russia by Richard Brompton, showing her in regal attire with a jeweled crown and fur-trimmed robe, set in an ornate oval frame.

Catherine the Great

empress of Russia

Sergey Yulyevich Witte

Sergey Yulyevich, Count Witte

prime minister of Russia

Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev

Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev

Russian statesman

Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev

Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev

Russian statesman

Paul, emperor of Russia

Paul

emperor of Russia

Anna Ivanovna

Anna

empress of Russia

Peter III

Peter III

emperor of Russia

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Catherine I

empress of Russia

Peter II

Peter II

emperor of Russia

Anna Leopoldovna, detail of an engraving by J. Wagner after a portrait by N.A. Venetus, 18th century

Anna

regent of Russia

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Ernst Johann, Reichsgraf von Biron

duke of Courland

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Lyudmila Belousova

Russian figure skater

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Yevgeny Petrov

Soviet humorist

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Alex Melamid

American artist

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Yegor Kuzmich Ligachev

Soviet politician

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Second False Dmitry

Russian pretender

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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yakovlev

Soviet economist and official

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Third False Dmitry

Russian pretender

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Eugene Vakhtangov

Russian actor, director, and producer