Anna dies in 1740, and her infant…

1744 CE to 1757 CE

Anna dies in 1740, and her infant grandnephew is proclaimed tsar as Ivan VI.

After a series of coups, however, he is replaced by Peter the Great's daughter Elizabeth (r. 1741-62).

During Elizabeth's reign, which is much more effective than those of her immediate predecessors, a Westernized Russian culture begins to emerge.

Among notable cultural events are the founding of Moscow University (1755) and the Academy of Fine Arts (1757) and the emergence of Russia's first eminent scientist and scholar, Mikhail Lomonosov.

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