#Peter I

[graceofromanovs]

Members of the House of Romanov, the last reigning Dynasty of Russia.

From the first Romanov Russian Tsar Michael I (reigned 1613-1645) until the last Emperor Nicholas II (reigned 1894-1917). Including the 18 members of the house executed from 1918 until 1919; Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich (13 June 1918). Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchesses Olga Nikolaevna, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Maria Nikolaevna, Anastasia Nikolaevna, and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich (17 July 1918). Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Igor Konstantinovich, and Prince Vladimir Paley (18 July 1918). Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich (28 January 1919).

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Coat of Arms for the Funeral of Peter I, 1725, Russia.

[werbitssft]

he looks like angelic bohemian.

[historypaintings]

Taking of Narva on 9 August 1704

Artist: Alexander Kotzebue (German, 1815–1889)

Date: 1880

Medium: Oil on canvas

Medium: Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

The Siege of Narva, 1704

The Siege of Narva, also known as the second battle of Narva, was the second Russian siege of Swedish Narva during the Great Northern War from 27 June to 9 August 1704

[hassakudesu]

ooc

[fanerka]

Ekaterina the first and her friend Daria Menshikova. They don't know that their husbands planted roses.

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, October 9th:

Denis, King of Portugal, 1261

Peter I, King of Cyprus, 1328

Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, 1586

Charles X, King of France, 1757

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, 1935

Juliana Guillermo, Daughter of Princess Christina, 1981

[littlehistorian]

Peter I (1328-1369) was King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his death in 1369. He was invested as titular Count of Tripoli in 1346. As King of Cyprus, he had some military successes, but he was unable to complete many of his plans due to internal disputes that culminated in his assassination at the hands of three of his knights.

He tried to convince powerful rulers to strengthen him by organizing a crusade to liberate the Holy Land and the Kingdom of Jerusalem which belonged to him. He travelled to England, Germany, and France. During his visit in England the historical Banquet of the Five Kings took place.

Peter returned to Cyprus, but was rapidly plunged into domestic troubles. Queen Eleanor had been unfaithful during his long absences in Europe, and he retaliated by tyrannizing her favorite nobles, alienating his brothers. On 17 January 1369 he was assassinated in his bed at the Palace of La Cava, Nicosia.

Despite the harshness that brought a premature end to his life, his knight-errantry and crusading zeal led him to be regarded as the epitome of chivalry. He was buried in the church of St. Dominic's of Nicosia, the traditional burial place of the Kings of Cyprus. He was succeeded by his son Peter II.

[probablyaleksashka]

Happy bday to Peter the First of Russia, the last tsar and the first emperor of the Russian Empire !

С днюхой а чё)))

This thing of him and Menshikov i found. Anyhow.

[owls-and-cakes]

Peter the Great moodboard

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[mockva]

Portrait of Peter I, by Anthony Schunjans-Parasius. The portrait was painted from life in 1716, during Peter’s trip to Germany and Holland.

[werbitssft]

Peter I the Great

[russpals]

The Catherine Palace

The Catherine Palace is one of the largest in the vicinity of St. Petersburg. It is located in Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo), 25 kilometers south of St. Petersburg. The palace was built in 1717 as the summer residence of Empress Catherine I.

In 1752, Empress Elizabeth asked the architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli to rebuild the palace because she considered it too old-fashioned and small. The reconstruction lasted four years; the modern palace was completely rebuilt in the Russian Baroque style. The size of the Grand Palace is seen immediately. The final touch in the construction and decoration of the Catherine Palace was the Main Staircase in the Rococo style, created in 1863 by the Russian architect I. Monighetti. 

After the Revolution, the Catherine Palace was turned into a museum. Today, 32 rooms of the palace are in exhibition. The most interesting place of the palace for tourists is the famous Amber room, restored in 2003. The main decoration of the Amber Room was made at the beginning of the XVIII century in Prussia, in 1716. It was presented by King Friedrich Wilhelm I to Peter I; in 1746, it was completed and fit in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in 1755, it was moved back to Tsarskoye Selo (see two photos of the Amber Room below.)

The Catherine Palace is as impressive inside as outside. The Great Hall (below), also known as the Hall of Light, measures nearly 1,000 square meters and occupies the full width of the palace so that there are superb views on either side. Using similar techniques but on a smaller scale, the White Dining Room is equally luxurious but, like many of the rooms in the palace, its grandeur is softened by the presence of a beautiful traditional blue-and-white tiled stove in the corner. 

[wukongfeetpics]

characters have to be a little bit awful in ways that you cant defend. its good for the ecosystem. your honor he did do that. He did in fact do that

[otdhistoricalbirthdays]

Happy Birthday to Peter I! (June 9th, 1672)

[fanerka]

Masha was reading a novel about love until she got caught. Now she's blushing

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