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Empress is the second wife of Peter I, the mother of Elizabeth Petrovna, Anna Petrovna and the first member of the era of palace coups.
In 1726, a special body was created on the initiative of P.A. Tolstoy - the Supreme Privy Council to control all the most important state affairs.
The main favorite of Peter I and Catherine I was A.D. Menshikov.
In 1726, a special body was created on the initiative of P.A. Tolstoy - the Supreme Privy Council to control all the most important state affairs.
The main favorite of Peter I and Catherine I was A.D. Menshikov.
Catherine I
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Catherine Palace
1684-1727
Years of government: 1725-1727
P.A. Tolstoy, A.D. Menshikov, Anna Petrovna (from left to right)
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In addition to the Tsar's Lyceum of A.C. Pushkin, there is an equally significant place in Tsarskoye Selo of the 18th century - the Catherine Palace! Catherine Palace is a former imperial palace, the official summer residence of three Russian rulers - Catherine I, Elizabeth Petrovna and Catherine II (the palace is located 26 km south of the center of St. Petersburg). It was with Catherine I that the history of the palace began: by order of the Empress, the German architect Johann Friedrich Braunstein lays the construction of a small two-story stone house for the royal family.
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Catherine Palace
- In her honor, Peter I established the Order of St. Catherine (1713) and named the city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals (1723). Catherine I's name is also given to the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (built under her daughter Elizabeth Petrovna.
- The so-called “babi” century began with her, which lasted until the end of the XVIII century. This period was so called by pre-revolutionary historians, who meant that all this time (with the exception of a few years) Russia was ruled by women, not men.
- She bore Peter I eight children, and many of them were born before she became the emperor's wife. One of her daughters later became the Empress, known as Elizabeth Petrovna.
- Once Peter I suspected his wife of infidelity, and found a reason to execute her chamberlain Willim Mons. He ordered the head of Mons to be delivered to the chambers of Catherine I, and since then he has severed all relations with her, forbidding even to let her into his chambers. They reconciled only shortly before the death of the emperor.
„No matter how I go out, I often regret that I am not walking with you. “(Peter I)
„How sad that the courtiers have so many depravity.“
