Bust "Empress Elizabeth" White

Elizaveta Petrovna 1709 - 1761, Empress and Autocrat of the All -Russian from the Romanov dynasty 1741 - 1761, the youngest daughter of Peter I and Catherine I.

The reign of Elizabeth Petrovna was noted by the revival of the traditions and ideals of the Petrovsky period, The restoration of the government Senate, the institution of Moscow University, the construction of grandiose palaces and luxury at court, the appearance of the first bank in the Russian Empire. The death penalty was not used. In the Elizabethan era, the Russian Empire successfully fought in the war for the Austrian inheritance, the Russian-Swedish war of 1741-1743 and the Seven Years War. The study and development of Siberia continued.