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Article: Anna (Russia) (1693–1740, Ruled 1730–1740)
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ANNA (RUSSIA) (1693
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1740, ruled 1730
–
1740)
ANNA (RUSSIA)
(1693
–
1740, ruled 1730
–
1740), empress of Russia. Anna Ivanovna (or Ioannovna) was the second crowned female ruler of Russia, after Catherine I. The daughter of Peter the Great's half brother and co-tsar for seven years, Ivan V, she spent her adult life residing alternately in St. Petersburg and in the duchy of Courland. Married to the duke of Courland, Friedrich Wilhelm, in 1710, she was soon widowed when he died in the following year. She returned to St. Petersburg for the next six years, after which Peter the Great sent her back to Courland in 1717. Although bereft of any formal authority, Anna ...