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Aristocratic styles [1] Style Transliteration Translation Addressee Ваше Императорское Величество: Vashe Imperatorskoye Velichestvo: Your Imperial Majesty: the Emperor, Empress and Dowager Empress of Russia Ваше Императорское Высочество: Vashe Imperatorskoye Vysochestvo: Your Imperial Highness
Unlike English, in which the use of diminutive forms is optional even between close friends, in East Slavonic languages, such forms are obligatory in certain contexts because of the strong T–V distinction: the T-form of address usually requires the short form of the counterpart's name. Also, unlike other languages with prominent use of name ...
Born in 1754, [1] Paul was the son of Emperor Peter III and Catherine the Great. [2] Six months after Peter's accession, Catherine participated in a successful coup d'état against her husband; Peter was deposed and killed in prison. [3] During Catherine's reign, Russia was revitalized.
On 8 January 1801, Tsar Paul I signed a decree on the incorporation of Georgia (Kartli-Kakheti) within the Russian Empire, [37] [38] which was confirmed by Tsar Alexander I on 12 September 1801. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] The Georgian envoy in Saint Petersburg, Garsevan Chavchavadze , reacted with a note of protest that was presented to the Russian vice ...
Don (only for Spanish citizens) Dame Commander by Number: The Most Ext (Excma. Sra.) Ilustrísima Señora: Doña (only for Spanish citizens) Knight Commander: Señor (Sr.) Señor: Don (only for Spanish citizens) Dame Commander: Señora (Sra.) Señora: Doña (only for Spanish citizens) Knight Officer: Señor (Sr.) Señor: Don (only for Spanish ...
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In 1799, Marie Joséphine was asked by Louis to join him in Mitau in Russian Courland to attend the wedding between her husband's niece Marie Thérèse, the only remaining child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, to her nephew Louis-Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, at the French court-in-exile, which operated under the protection of Tsar Paul I of ...
The expedition was primarily planned by British and Russian politicians and diplomats. Russia would provide troops that Britain would subsidise, and together they sought to encourage Austria to do most of the fighting (as it had about three-fourths of the would-be Second Coalition's land forces [6]), pay for its own troops as well as supply the entire allied army, while maintaining Anglo ...