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  2. Paul I of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Paul I (Russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич, romanized: Pavel I Petrovich; 1 October [O.S. 20 September] 1754 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1801) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination in 1801. Paul remained overshadowed by his mother, Catherine the Great, for most of his life.

  3. Personality and reputation of Paul I of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The French correspondent Bérenger reported that Paul publicly and repeatedly questioned his father's death and exhibited "evidence of sinister and dangerous inclinations". [ 201 ] Paul's "odd obsessions" led directly to Russia's involvement in the wars against revolutionary France which had been initiated by Catherine.

  4. The Romanovs' final days, as seen through the eyes of ... - AOL

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    The Romanov portraits were shot between 1915 and 1916, only months before their 1917 execution at the hands of Lenin The Romanovs' final days, as seen through the eyes of Anastasia Skip to main ...

  5. List of heirs to the Russian throne - Wikipedia

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    Ivan Romanov 1629–1640, granduncle Nikita Romanov 1640–1645, cousin Nikita Romanov: Heir presumptive: cousin: 14 July 1645: cousin became tsar: 22 August 1648: son born to tsar: uncertain: Alexei: Tsarevich Dmitri Alekseyevich: Heir apparent: eldest son: 22 August 1648: born: 6 October 1649: died: Nikita Romanov 1648–1649, cousin Nikita ...

  6. Circassian genocide - Wikipedia

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    At the scene of the battle there were more than 150 bodies of Circassians killed by bayonets and up to 50 women and children killed from the action of the Russian artillery. In another report, General Rosen described how, in December 1831, 381 Circassians were captured by his forces and boasted about taking them prisoner and firing at villages ...

  7. Tsesarevich - Wikipedia

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    In 1762, upon succeeding to the imperial throne, Peter III accorded his only son Paul Petrovich (by the future Catherine the Great) the novel title of tsesarevich, he being the first of nine Romanov heirs who would bear it. [2] However, at the time the title was conferred, Paul was recognised as Peter's legal son, but not as his legal heir.

  8. Four months later, a plaque in a city park with a big mistake ...

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    A plaque at Petrovich Family Playfields in Sacramento’s Crocker Village development, shown on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, recounts the family history of developer Paul Petrovich. Paul Kitagaki Jr ...

  9. Pauline Laws - Wikipedia

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    Previously, the morganatic wives of Romanov grand dukes had been banished from Russia, along with their disgraced husbands such as Sophia von Merenberg, Countess de Torby and Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich, as well as Princess Olga Paley and Grand Duke Paul Aleksandrovich). Female Romanovs had dared to marry morganatically only in secret, and ...