Birthdate: February 7, 1693
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: October 28, 1740
Anna of Russia served as regent of the duchy of Courland from 1711 until 1730 before becoming Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Her administration, heavily influenced by her uncle Peter the Great, involved lavish building projects in St. Petersburg and support for the Russian Academy of Science. She repealed a primogeniture law in 1730 to favor the nobility. Her reign was seen in the West as a continuation of Peter the Great’s modernization efforts, but within Russia, it was often considered a “dark era.”
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