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... reign The Petrine state Assessment of Peter's reign Peter I's successors ( 1725-62 ) Anna ( 1730-40 ) Elizabeth ( 1741-62 ) The reign of Catherine II the Great ( 1762-96 ) Expansion of the empire Government administration under ...
... reign The Petrine state Assessment of Peter's reign Peter I's successors ( 1725-62 ) Anna ( 1730-40 ) Elizabeth ( 1741-62 ) The reign of Catherine II the Great ( 1762-96 ) Expansion of the empire Government administration under ...
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... reign . Contemporaries as well as later historians have given first place among Peter's ac- complishments to his conquest of the Baltic provinces and areas on the Caspian Sea . More important was the fact that during his reign Russia ...
... reign . Contemporaries as well as later historians have given first place among Peter's ac- complishments to his conquest of the Baltic provinces and areas on the Caspian Sea . More important was the fact that during his reign Russia ...
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... reign were to show . The historiography of Catherine's reign has been domi- nated by two main approaches : a dramatization and ro- manticization of her personal life , which was indeed col- ourful for the number and variety of her ...
... reign were to show . The historiography of Catherine's reign has been domi- nated by two main approaches : a dramatization and ro- manticization of her personal life , which was indeed col- ourful for the number and variety of her ...
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