Bust "Emperor Peter III" White, 4x2.5x6.5cm

Pyotr III Fedorovich, 1728-1762, the first representative of the Holstein-Gottorp dynasty on the Russian throne.

The All-Russian Emperor did not have a clear political program of actions, but he had his own vision of politics, and he had a vision of politics, and He, imitating his grandfather Peter I, planned to carry out a number of reforms.

Peter III was abolished by the Secret Chancellery, the process of circulating church lands into state property, a state bank was launched and a decree was adopted on freedom of foreign trade. He also stopped the persecution of the Old Believers. Peter III is also attributed to the intention to reform the Russian Orthodox Church according to the Protestant model. The most important document of the reign of Peter Fedorovich is the “manifesto of the liberty of the nobility”, thanks to which the nobility has become an exceptional privileged class of the Russian Empire.

The legislative acts adopted during the short reign of Peter III became largely the foundation for the subsequent reign of Catherine II.

Peter III, after a half -year reign, was overthrown as a result of the palace coup, who entered the throne of his wife Catherine II, and soon lost his life in unclear circumstances.