Costume of Peter the Great 1710-1720

Peter the Great Easter Egg - 1903 - by Fabergé - Given by Tsar Nicholas II to the Tsaritsa Alexandra. Every Easter (except 1904 and 1905, when Russia was at war with Japan) he gave a Faberge Egg to her and to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna - @~ Mlle

From Poles to Romanovs Soon after Ivans death, the state weakened, plunging into a period of unrest and Polish invasion, known as the Time of Troubles.

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One of Russias greatest statesmen, Peter the Great the Tsar and first Emperor of Russia - was a man of unwavering willpower, extraordinary energy and supreme vision.

Peter the Great (1672-1725), also called Peter I and Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov, Tsar and Autocrat of all the Russias. Crowned in 1682, Tsar Peter instituted reforms which made Russia a global power.

Death mask of Peter the Great of Russia!

Maria Rumyantseva (1699 - 1788). Mistress of Peter the Great until his death. He threatened her with execution if she took another lover.

Grand Duchess ANNA PETROVNA (1708-1728) daughter of PETER THE GREAT and CATHERINE I. Anna died at age 20 in March of 1728, shortly after giving birth to PETER III the future Emperor of Russia and husband of CATHERINE THE GREAT.

Tsar PETER II ALEKSEYEVICH (1715 – 1730) the last in the direct male line of the Romanov Dynasty. Son of TSAREVICH ALEXEI PETROVICH ROMANOV & Charlotte Christine Sophia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Grandson of PETER THE GREAT. Tsar for 3 years. Died at age 15 on the day he was to marry his great love Ekaterina Dolgorukova. He is the only Tsar after Peter I to be buried in the Kremlin.

Peter the Great's daughter Elizaveta Petrovna (the future Empress Elizabeth) as a child by Russian Painter Ivan Nikitich Nikitin .

PETER THE GREAT'S half-brother IVAN V (1666-1696) who ruled jointly with Peter. Ivan was born with physical and mental disabilities so though technically both Tsars had equal authority, Ivan was neither interested or capable of ruling. He did marry and produce 5 daughters before dying at age 30.

Maria Cantemir (1700 - 1754). Mistress of Peter the Great from 1720 until his death in 1725. The Empress hated her and viewed her as a threat.

Portrait of EMPRESS ELIZABETH, daughter of PETER THE GREAT and CATHERINE I. She was her father's favorite child and very much like him in many ways. In 1741 a coup put her on the Russian throne where she reigned as a very popular monarch.