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Facts

Also Known As Karl Peter Ulrich, Herzog von Holstein-Gottorp • Pyotr Fyodorovich
Born February 21, 1728 • Kiel • Germany
Died July 18, 1762 (aged 34) • near St. Petersburg • Russia
Title / Office emperor (1762-1762), Russian Empire
House / Dynasty Romanov dynasty
Notable Family Members spouse Catherine the Great • son Paul

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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.
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empress of Russia
Sergey Yulyevich Witte
Sergey Yulyevich, Count Witte
prime minister of Russia
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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
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Catherine I
empress of Russia
Peter II
Peter II
emperor of Russia
Grigory Potemkin
Grigory Potemkin
Russian statesman
Panin, detail of a portrait by A. Roslin, 1777
Nikita Ivanovich Panin
Russian statesman
Grigory Grigoryevich, Count Orlov
Grigory Orlov
Russian military officer
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Ernst Johann, Reichsgraf von Biron
duke of Courland
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Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Third False Dmitry
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First False Dmitry
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Vladimir A. Kryuchkov
Soviet politician
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Anatoly Chubais
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Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
prime minister of Soviet Union
President Vladimir Putin speaks at a podium with the Russian coat of arms, with uniformed military personnel standing in formation behind him.
Vladimir Putin
president of Russia

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