In this episode of The Romanov Dynasty, we explore the reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1741–1762), the daughter of Peter the Great who led Russia into the Seven Years' War and transformed her court into a center of European culture. We follow her path to power — a bloodless coup that toppled the infant Ivan VI — then trace Russia's stunning victories over Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf and the capture of Berlin in 1760. We also look at Elizabeth's patronage of architecture, her founding of Moscow University with Mikhail Lomonosov, and her personal life, including her secret marriage to Alexei Razumovsky. The episode ends with her death and the disastrous reign of Peter III, which set the stage for Catherine the Great.
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