Rulers
Elizabeth
Daughter of Peter the Great
Show on the timeline- Lifespan
- 1709 — 5 January 1762 (25 December 1761 O.S.)
- Reign
- 1741–1762
Came to power in a guards' coup in 1741. Moscow University and the Academy of Arts were founded during her reign, and internal customs duties were abolished. Russia fought in the Seven Years' War on the side opposing Prussia.
- Dynasty
- Romanovs
- Centre of power
- Russia
- Parents
- Peter I and Catherine I
- Heir
- Her nephew Peter Fyodorovich (Peter III)
- Calendar
- End of reign: 1761 Old Style, 1762 New Style