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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
Svyatopolk-Mirsky then went to Tsar Nicholas II in Pushkinsky District and acquainted him with the contents of the petition. [44] In Muraviev's words, the minister called Gapon a "socialist" and reported on the measures taken. Nicholas wrote about it in his diary. According to the tsar's notes, the minister's reports were of a reassuring nature ...
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.
Paul I abolished Peter the Great's law that allowed each reigning emperor or empress to designate his or her successor and substituted a strict order of succession by proclaiming that the eldest son of the monarch would inherit the throne, followed by other dynasts according to primogeniture in the male line. [1] Paul thus implemented a semi ...
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 ...
Czar, sometimes spelled tsar, is an informal title used for certain high-level officials in the United States and United Kingdom, typically granted broad power to address a particular issue. The title is usually treated as gender-neutral although the technically correct Russian term for a female title holder would be czarina .
During 1906–1917, the status of the State Council was defined by the Russian Constitution of 1906. Its chairman was appointed by the tsar. Half of its members were appointed by the tsar from persons distinguished at civil and military service, and half by elections from various categories of society, separately:
The Tsar possessed an absolute veto over all legislation, [12] legislative initiative on all matters, [13] and the sole prerogative to initiate any revision of the constitution itself. [13] The emperor had charge over Russia's administrative and external affairs, [14] and sole power to declare war, make peace and negotiate treaties, [15] as ...