Russia 1913 New Stamp With Effigy Of Czarina Elisabet, Set `Romanov`. Editorial Image

Elizaveta Petrovna, in Russian Елизавета Петровна Kolomenskoe, December 29, 1709 - St. Petersburg, January 5, 1762 was emperor of Russia from 1741 until his death. At midnight on December 6, 1741, he went to the barracks of Preobraženskij headquarters of the guards of honor and with a fiery speech persuaded them to follow her in the winter palace, where Regent Anna Leopoldovna was overthrown.nOn 7 August, 1743 Treaty of Åbo, Sweden ceded to Russia all the part south of Finland, east of the river Kymmene, which became the demarcation line between the two states, including the fortresses of Villmanstrand and Fredrikshamn.nThe Russian empire on 18 October 1748 subscribed to the Aachen treaty. Elizabeth continued the colonization of Siberia, trying to extend as much as possible Russian influence on those regions. Reformed administration and taxation, and increased trade within the empire, revitalizing Russian industry.