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Also Known As Aleksey Petrovich
Born February 28, 1690 • Moscow • Russia
Died July 7, 1718 (aged 28) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Family Members father Peter I • mother Eudoxia • son Peter II

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Peter I
emperor of Russia
Catherine II
Catherine the Great
empress of Russia
Sergey Yulyevich Witte
Sergey Yulyevich, Count Witte
prime minister of Russia
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev
Russian statesman
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Nikolay Pavlovich, Count Ignatyev
Russian statesman
Paul, emperor of Russia
Paul
emperor of Russia
Anna Ivanovna
Anna
empress of Russia
Peter III
Peter III
emperor of Russia
Catherine I
empress of Russia
Peter II
Peter II
emperor of Russia
Anna Leopoldovna, detail of an engraving by J. Wagner after a portrait by N.A. Venetus, 18th century
Anna
regent of Russia
Ernst Johann, Reichsgraf von Biron
duke of Courland
Nikolay Nikitich Demidov
Russian noble
Nikita Demidovich Demidov
Russian noble
Pavel Nikolayevich Demidov
Russian noble
Lyudmila Belousova
Russian figure skater
Anatoly Nikolayevich Demidov
Russian noble
S. V. Bakhrushin
Soviet critic
Pavel Grigoryevich Demidov
Russian noble
Aleksandr A. Baranov
Russian governor of Alaska