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Tango01  | 07 Jun 2024 4:49 p.m. PST |
"Russian period stories from 1725 (the date of death of Peter I) and until 1741 (the accession of Elizabeth) is traditionally depicted as a kind of "timelessness", and all shades of black are used to describe it.
They usually speak little and quickly about Catherine I and Peter II, since they did not occupy the Russian throne for long and did not actually rule the state – Catherine due to banal drunkenness (from the consequences of which she died at the age of only 43 years), Peter – due to his childhood.
Anna Ioannovna was much more unlucky, whose ten-year reign (1730–1740) was declared a dark time of the dominance of the "Germans" and mass repressions against Russian patriots and just random people. A special term was even coined – "Bironovshina" (named after Anna's favorite). The same Valentin Pikul called his novel about Anna Ioannovna "Word and Deed."…"
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
