1727 in Russia

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Events from the year 1727 in Russia

Incumbents

Monarch â Catherine I (until May 17), Peter II (from May 17)

Events

Peter II took a bold step by stripping Menshikov of his titles and exiling him to Siberia and made an important shift in court politics.^[1]
The Treaty of Kiakhta was signed between Russia and China.^[2]

Births

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov A Russian statesman, patron of education, co-founder of Moscow University and founder and the first president of the Academy of Fine Arts ^[3]

Deaths

Cornelius Cruys

14 June â Cornelius Cruys, Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy (b. 1655).^[4]

Full date missing

Catherine I, monarch (born 1684)

References

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