Person

Anna of Russia

Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias

b. 1693 CE – d. 1740 CE World The Great Crossroads

Anna of Russia or Anna Ivanovna (7 February [O.S.

28 January] 1693, Moscow – 28 October [O.S.

17 October] 1740) reigns as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.