Menshikov Alexander Danilovich, Gracious Prince
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CATHERINE I (nee Marta Skavronskaya) (1684-1727, St. Petersburg), Empress (crowned in 1721), the second wife of Tsar Peter the Great (from 1712), mother of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. After the death of her husband (1725) she was enthroned by A.D ... | | CATHERINE I (nee Marta Skavronskaya) (1684-1727, St. Petersburg), Empress (crowned in 1721), the second wife of Tsar Peter the Great (from 1712), mother of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. After the death of her husband (1725) she was enthroned by A.D. Menshikov, who was the real ruler of Russia during her reign. Catherine I's only remarkable accomplishment in St. Petersburg was the opening of the Academy of Sciences (1725). From 1710, she had owned the Sarskaya Grange (Tsarskoe Selo), where a small stone palace was built for her in 1717-23, called Ekaterinhof from 1711. In St. Petersburg, she owned Peter the Great's Summer Palace located at the Fontanka River (on site of the present-day Mikhailovsky Castle). She was buried at the SS. Peter&Paul Cathedral. References: Арсеньев К. И. Царствование Екатерины I. СПб., 1856; Анисимов Е. В. Россия без Петра, 1725-1740. СПб., 1994. G. V. Kalashnikov.
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11 June (24 June NS) . Peter I granted to his wife Catherine Alekseyevna a part of Menshikov's estates including the Saari grange. "His Majesty has deigned to grant Saari and Slavonic granges with villages ... | | 11 June (24 June NS) . Peter I granted to his wife Catherine Alekseyevna a part of Menshikov's estates including the Saari grange. "His Majesty has deigned to grant Saari and Slavonic granges with villages, peasants and all grounds belonging to them to Catherine Alexeyevna", from Menshikov's letter to Larion Dumashev, the commandant of the Koporye Fortress, of 24 June 1710.
Persons Catherine I, Empress Menshikov Alexander Danilovich, Gracious Prince Peter I, Emperor
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