HISTORY 2TT3 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
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History 2q03 - imperial russia - week 3. Ivan shulalov - inserted themselves under elizabeth"s reign, founded moscow university. Mikhail lomonosov (1711-1765) - scientist - ourished under elizabeth. Became catherine the great, she had secured a place in the court within a year, language skills were superb and signi cant support around her. All to justify her actions in her coup, some may not have been true, it did not take of lot of lobbying to turn the regiments against peter iii. Peter had alienated military leaders in the court, he promoted prussian military dress. I fear that the of cers might have poisoned him, so i hd him opened in ammation of the bowels and a. Thursday, september 22, 2016 stroke of apoplexy had carried him off. His heart was extraordinarily small and quite decayed. - catherine, written at peter"s death, how she constructed her legitimacy.