Peter II (1715-1730), Emperor

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Peter II (1715-1730), Emperor (from 1727). Grandson of Emperor Peter the Great, son of Tsarevich Alexey Petrovich. He took the crown thanks to the interests of A.D. Menshikov, who wanted to be the young Emperor's regent and planned to marry him to his daughter. In 1727, Peter II removed Menshikov from power and exiled him, becoming an independent monarch. In 1728, he went to Moscow for his coronation, and, becoming obsessed with hunting in the Moscow region, practically moved the capital from St. Petersburg to Moscow, where he died of smallpox. He was the only Russian emperor to be buried in Moscow. In St. Petersburg, he mainly stayed at Menshikov's Palace and the Prince A.G. Dolgoruky's Palace. Construction on his own palace (11 Universitetskaya Embankment) had only begun at the time of his death.

References: Арсеньев К. И. Царствование Петра II. СПб., 1839; Анисимов Е. В. Россия без Петра, 1725-1740. СПб., 1994.

G. V. Kalashnikov. Alexey Petrovich, Tsesarevitch
Dolgorukov Alexey Grigorievich, Duke
Menshikov Alexander Danilovich, Gracious Prince
Peter I, Emperor
Peter II, Emperor
Universitetskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 11
Арсеньев К. И. Царствование Петра II. СПб., 1839
Анисимов Е. В. Россия без Петра, 1725-1740. СПб., 1994 1727
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