1. Romanovs 1725-1801

2. Ekaterina Alexeevna  Catherine I  Empress 1725- 1727  Peter’s 2 nd wife  Accomplishments –None

3. Peter Alexeevich  Emperor 1727-1730  Peter’s grandson  Throne @ 12  Actual power  Prince A.D. Menshikov  d @ 14—smallpox  Male line of Romanov dynasty end

4. Anna Ivanova  Empress 1730-1740  Daughter of Peter’s co- ruler Ivan V  Elected to throne by Supreme Privy Council—limited her powers—hmmm….  Accomplishments –Some say she spent little time on affairs of state –Yet—internal stability & successful foreign policy

5. Ivan Antonovich (Ivan VI)  Emperor 1740-1741  Great-nephew of Anna Ivanova  Assumed throne @ 2 months (age)  Overthrown 2 years later—sent to monastery  Enter Elizaveta Petrovna

6. Elizaveta Petrovna Elizaveta Petrovna  Empress 1741-1761  Peter the Great’s daughter  Accomplishments –Significant advances – economically & culturally –Foreign policy—Russia important—all nations wanted to make treaties –Abolished capital punishment—in 20-year reign no one was executed  Died leaving no heir

7. Peter Feodorovich (Peter III)…  Emperor 1761-1762  Nephew of Elizaveta Petrovna  Major accomplishment –Married Princess Sophia August Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst  Christened into Church as Ekaterina Alexeevna

8. ….Peter III…  Accomplishments –Granted amnesty for and return from exile of state officials arrested by Elizaveta –Introduced various reforms –Banned persecution of dissenters –Dissolved Privy Council –Released the gentry from compulsory state service (Peter the Great)

9. …Peter Feodorovich  Overthrown by wife  Imprisoned  Executed  However….

11. Ekaterina Alexeevna…  Catherine the Great  Empress 1762-1796 –German by birth –Industrious –Highly intelligent – daughter of the Enlightenment— Voltaire, et.al.  STRONG-WILLED

12. Catherine the Great…  Accomplishments –Internal political reforms—upper classes ONLY –Continue husband’s policy of freeing nobles from compulsory state service –Encouraged nobles to develop & manage estates

13. …Catherine the Great…  Accomplishments (upper classes ONLY) –Gave merchants & townspeople more freedom –Supported trade, education, arts, sciences (Enlightenment ideals) –Serfs? Weren’t important –2 wars w/ Ottoman Empire  Occupied vast territories on southern boundaries—Black Sea  d1796

15. Pavel Petrovich (Paul I)…  Emperor 1796-1801  Son of Catherine & Peter III (??)  Not a trusting soul  knew of mother’s plots against father  irritable & suspicious of those around him  Declared self emperor @ Catherine’s death

16. …Pavel Petrovich…  Unpopular @ court  Extremely hostile towards mom  Break w/ stability of Catherine’s reign

17. …Paul I…  Accomplishments –Freed those imprisoned by Privy Council –Liberated Poles –Abolished conscription (meaning?) –Limited power of landowners over the serfs –Issued a decree on rights of succession  Established procedures for transfer of power from one monarch to the next

18. …Paul I  Accomplishments –Foreign policy— France  From enemies to allies  Not popular idea @ home  murdered

19. Romanovs Is there an obvious pattern?