Tsaritsa Elizabeth, shown here, was a major improvement over Anna. She avoided using the death penalty after seeing Anna abuse it. Not having a legitimate heir, she imported a German princeling to succeed her. He turned out to be incompetent but Elisabeth also imported his German wife, Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, who was very capable and served Russia well as Catherine II.
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
Empress Elizabeth by Charles van Loo (Peter Palace, Pushkin Russia)
1763 Catherine II by Feodor Rokotov (State Tretyakov Gallery - Moskva, Russia)
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