Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia

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Empress of Russia Tsarina human monarch

Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia was the Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762, known for her role in the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War, as well as for fostering a cultural and architectural flourishing in St. Petersburg.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Empress of Russia → Tsarina → human → monarch →
architecturalStylePromoted	Elizabethan Baroque →
burialPlace	Peter and Paul Cathedral →
capitalDuringReign	Saint Petersburg →
commissionedBuilding	Grand Peterhof Palace expansions → Smolny Cathedral → Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg →
coronationDate	1742-04-25 →
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Empire →
dateOfBirth	1709-12-29 →
dateOfDeath	1762-01-05 →
educationPolicy	support for secular education →
employedArchitect	Bartolomeo Rastrelli →
era	18th century →
father	Peter the Great →
foreignPolicyGoal	expansion of Russian influence in Europe →
givenName	Elizabeth →
house	House of Romanov →
knownFor	architectural development of Saint Petersburg → patronage of the arts → strengthening of the Russian nobility →
languageSpoken	French → German → Russian →
militaryReform	strengthening of the Russian army and navy →
monarchOf	Russian Empire →
mother	Catherine I of Russia →
nativeLanguage	Russian →
notableEvent	coup d’état of 1741 →
notableWork	founding of the Imperial Academy of Arts → founding of the University of Moscow →
participantIn	Seven Years' War → War of the Austrian Succession →
placeOfBirth	Moscow →
placeOfDeath	Saint Petersburg →
policy	abolition of capital punishment in Russia →
positionHeld	Empress of Russia →
predecessor	Ivan VI of Russia →
reignEnd	1762 →
reignStart	1741 →
religion	Russian Orthodox Church →
sexOrGender	female →
sibling	Anna Petrovna → Natalia Petrovna →
spouse	Alexei Razumovsky →
successor	Peter III of Russia →
title	Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Peter the Great ("Elizabeth of Russia") →	child
House of Romanov ("Elizabeth of Russia") →	hasMember
Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo ("Empress Elizabeth of Russia") →	majorExpansionUnder
Elisavetpol Governorate ("Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna") →	namedAfter
Elizabeth of Russia ("Елизавета Петровна") →	nativeName
Seven Years' War →	notableCommander