By John Paxton
This reference paintings surveys the leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union- from Michael, the 1st Romanov tsar in 1613, throughout the production and dissolution of the Soviet Union, to the current day President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. Chronologically prepared, those biographies paint a radical but succinct portrait of 30 leaders together with dialogue concerning the family members and schooling of every ruler, very important laws, occasions, and wars below each one leader's rule; and every leader's achievements and effect on Russia or the Soviet Union.
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Talbot Rice, T. Elizabeth, Empress of Russia. 1970. qxd 5/21/04 5:33 PM Page 37 12 PETER III Karl Peter Ulrich of Holstein-Gottorp, February 21, 1728–July 6, 1762. Emperor of Russia 1761–1762. Peter III was the son of Karl Friedrich, duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Anna Petrovna, Peter the Great’s daughter. Peter III was born in 1728 in Kiel. Until the age of fourteen he lived and was educated at the court of Holstein. He was proclaimed official heir to the Russian throne on November 7, 1742, by his aunt, Elizabeth Petrovna.
A nobleman cannot be subjected to corporal punishment. Noblemen who serve as junior officers in Our armed forces should be punished according to regulations applicable to senior officers. A nobleman has the power and the authority to give away to whomever he wishes the property which he acquired legally as first owner, to bequeath this property in his will, to confer it as dowry, or to sell or give it away for his livelihood. qxd 5/21/04 5:40 PM Page 48 however, dispose of inherited property only in conformity with the provisions of the law.
1796 Catherine II (the Great) dies (November 6). BIBLIOGRAPHY Alexander, J. T. Catherine the Great: Life and Legend. 1989. Cronin, V. Catherine: Empress of All the Russias. 1978. Gooch, G. P. Catherine the Great and Other Studies. 1954. Grey, I. Catherine the Great. 1961.