Biography Anna Ioannovna

Anna became the third empress belonging to the side branch of the Romanov dynasty. The future ruler was born on February 7. She received a good education, studied German and French, arithmetic, grammar and geography. I was fond of dancing. At a very young age, the girl of tsarist blood was married to the Duke of Courland and she lived in the capital of the Duchy of Mitava for more than twenty years.

Only as a happy spouse, but as a widow. Anna's young husband died two months after the wedding from the cold. Personal life after a sudden death of a legal spouse, a young widow appeared a favorite in the person of Peter Bestuzhev-Ryumin. Later, Anna planned a wedding with Count Moritsa Saxon, but Prince Menshikov violated her plans. The next particularly close man in the life of Anna Ioannovna was Ernst Biron, who later the future empress to Russia and actually made her co -ruler.

From their relationship, Anna had a son. The years of the board and politician Anna Ioannovna in the year from the Supreme Privy Council, the young woman received an invitation to return to her homeland and become the empress of the Russian Empire. The monarchy person, of course, the rules for about 20 years by a small Courland duchy, but this experience was not enough to manage such a powerful power as the Russian Empire.

Having received such an important and loud title, Empress Anna Ioannovna did not want to seriously engage in business importance. In these matters, she preferred to be guided by her personal sympathy. Such princely clans as Dolgorukovs and Golitsyns fell into disgrace. The Germans came to the secret council, who came with the empress from Courland. The ruler was panicky afraid of all kinds of conspiracies.

After a year of his reign, by her decree, such a department as a secret office, which was intimidating the Russian nobles, was revived. In fact, from to year, during the reign of the Empress, the Russian Empire was ruled by the man who was especially close to the royal person - Count Osterman and Biron, who were the favorite and father of Anna's child. The ruler herself spent time in entertainment: balls, feasts, hunting, theater.

A large fire occurred in Moscow, during which most of the city suffered. A naval reform was carried out. After the death of Peter the Great, his brainchild and pride in the Russian fleet fell into decay. The number of ships decreased markedly. And those who were still in service could not boast of their former combat effectiveness. Thanks to the new reform, the special commission began issues and urgent problems in the shipbuilding.

The active participation of Russia in the settlement of the Polish crisis, which occurred after the death of August II. The Russian-Turkish military conflict, which lasted more than a dozen years.

After Austria unilaterally left the war and entered into a peace treaty with the Ottoman port, the situation of the Russian state worsened markedly. Empress Anna Ioannovna did not show much interest in public administration, but this did not prevent her from becoming a follower of the politics of her famous uncle Peter the Great.