Elizabeth of Russia

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elizaveta Petrovna (Russian: ( ) ) (29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 5 January 1762 [O.S. 25 December 1761] ), also known as Yelisavet and Elizabeth, was the Empress of Russia (1741 1762) who took the country into the War of Austrian Succession (1740 1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756 1763). On the eve of her death in 1762, the Russian empire spanned almost 4 billion acres[citation needed] (more than 16 million squared kilometres). Her domestic policies allowed the nobles to gain dominance in local government while shortening their terms of service to the state. She encouraged Lomonosov's establishment of the University of Moscow and Shuvalov's foundation of the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg. She also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, particularly in Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elizaveta Petrovna (Russian: ( ) ) (29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 - 5 January 1762 [O.S. 25 December 1761] ), also known as Yelisavet and Elizabeth, was the Empress of Russia (1741-1762) who took the country into the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763). On the eve of her death in 1762, the Russian empire spanned almost 4 billion acres[citation needed] (more than 16 million squared kilometres). Her domestic policies allowed the nobles to gain dominance in local government while shortening their terms of service to the state. She encouraged Lomonosov's establishment of the University of Moscow and Shuvalov's foundation of the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg. She also spent exorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, particularly in Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo.