Prussian Diplomacy and Elizaveta Petrovna: Choosing a Spouse for Grand Duke Pyotr Fyodorovich
Stolyarov Aleksei Mikhailovich, Tuhvatulin Airat Khalitovich
Kazan Federal University
Submitted: 20.05.2020
Abstract. The paper examines a commonly accepted hypothesis that choosing a spouse for Grand Duke Pyotr Fyodorovich and deciding in favour of Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg (the future Empress Catherine the Great), Empress Elizaveta Petrovna was under the Prussian influence. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the authors clarify the circumstances preceding the young Princess arrival in Russia. The conclusion is made that the Prussian diplomacy did not play a key role in decision making concerning the arrival of Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg in Russia.
Key words and phrases: Екатерина II, Фридрих II, Елизавета Петровна, династия Романовых, Российская империя, Пруссия, Catherine II, Frederick II, Elizaveta Petrovna, Romanov dynasty, The Russian Empire, Prussia
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