CHAPTER VII

CATHERINE I TO PETER III (1725-1762 A.D.) 327

Catherine I (1725-1727 A.D.), 327. Peter II (1727-1730 A.D.), 328. Anna Ivanovna, 331. War with Turkey, 335. Internal administration, 337. Biron the favourite, 338. Death of Anna, (1740 A.D.); the succession, 339. A Russian estimate of Anna and of Biron, 340. The nominal reign of Ivan VI, 341. Anna of Brunswick assumes the regency, 342. Sweden renews the war, 342. Successful conspiracy against the regent, 345. Elizabeth Petrovna, 350. Foreign affairs, 352. Antecedents of the future Peter III, 353. The future Catherine II appears, 354. Court intrigues: the death of Elizabeth, 355. Spread of art, literature, and education under Elizabeth, 356. Bain’s estimate of Elizabeth, 359. Peter III, 360. Impolitic acts of Peter III, 362. Catherine plots against the Czar, 364. Catherine usurps the crown, 367. Death of Peter III, 368.

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