That time Russian Empire was ruled by teenagers #russia #romanov #russianhistory

Did you know that for about 2 years Russian Empire was ruled by teenagers :)

Paintings, used in the video:
00:00 Portrait of Catherine I by Unknown Artist, 1710s
00:06 Scull reconstruction of Irina Godunova by S.А. Nikitin, 2002
00:07 A fragment of the painting: Portrait of Princess Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia of royal regalia, 1682-1689
00:08 The gala portrait of Empress Catherine Alexeyevna by Heinrich Buchholz
00: 13 Peter II by G. Molchanov
00:32 Natalia Alexeevna of Russia by I.Nikitin, 1720-30s
00:37 Elizabeth of Russia in youth by L.Caravaque, 1720s
00:40 Portrait of Anna, Princess of Courland, 1711
00:46 Czarevich Alexei by Bernhard Christoph Francke
00:49 Couldn't find the author, the work credited as "Royal Hunt"/"Царская охота"

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