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18th-century women from the Russian Empire

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Catherine II of Russia
The eighth and greatest Emperor of Russia (r. 1762–1796)
Elizabeth I of Russia
The sixth Emperor of Russia (1741–1762)
Catherine I of Russia
The first Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727
Anna I of Russia
The fourth Emperor of Russia (1730–1740)
Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia
Russian tsarevna (1657–1704)
Anna Petrovna of Russia
elder daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Catherine I of Russia
Sophie Dorothee of Württemberg
Russian dowager empress, wife of Paul I (1759-1828)
Elizabeth Alexeievna
empress consort of Russia; wife of Alexander I of Russia (1779–1826)
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
Russian Grand Duchess
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia
Grand Duchess of Russia (1783-1801)
Eudoxia Lopukhina
russian Tsarina as the first wife of Peter I
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
Russian grand duchess (1784-1803)
Natalia Alexeievna of Russia
Russian Grand duchess (1755-1776)
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
Queen of Wurttemburg
Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Grand Duchess of Russia (1694-1715)
Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia
Russian Royal (1691-1733)
Xenia of Saint Petersburg
Russian saint
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
Russian noble and serial killer (1730–1801)
Praskovia Saltykova
Tsarina consort of Russia (1664-1723)
Maria Naryshkina
Polish noble
Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia
Russian grand duchess (1714-1728)
Princess Tarakanoff
Pretender to the Russian throne
Marfa Apraksina
Russian tsarina
Princess Eudoxia Borisovna Yusupova
Duchess of Courland (1743-1780)
Kisyabika Bayryasova
Bashkir woman (1679–1739)
Maria Pronchishcheva
Russian explorer
Anna Mons
Mistress of Peter the Great
Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna of Russia
Grand Duchess of Russia
Anna Lopukhina
Russian noble
Elizaveta Vorontsova
Mistress of Russian Emperor (1739–1792)
Afrosinya
Afrosinya Fedorova (; ) was a Finnish woman sold into Russian serfdom after being captured in war. She became the concubine of Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, son and heir of Peter the Great and fled with him on 26 September 1716 from his father. Information provided by her was crucial in sentencing Alexei to death after their return to Russia.
Yekaterina Nelidova
Russian noble (1756-1839)
Varvara Golitsyna
Russian noble (1752-1815)
Sofia Vladimirovna Golitsyna
Russian noblewoman (1775-1845)
Catherine Antonovna of Brunswick
Russian noble
Natalia Petrovna
Grand Duchess of Russia, the youngest daughter of Peter the Great
Tsarevna Praskovya Ivanovna of Russia
daughter of Tsar Ivan V of Russia
Maria Rumyantseva
Russian noble
Yekaterina Razumovskaya
(1729-1771)
Catherine Saltykova
Russian lady-in-waiting (1743-1817)
Anna Protasova
Russian nobility and lady-in-waiting
Maria Dimitrievna Cantemirova
Russian noble
Elizabeth Grigoryevna Temkina
alleged daughter of the Empress Catherine II
Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick
Russian noble (1743-1782)
Avdotya Chernysheva
Russian lady-in-waiting
Catherine Alekseyevna of Russia
Russian princess (1658-1718)
Ekaterina Andreevna Ushakova
Russian lady-in-waiting (1715-1779)
Praskovya Bruce
Russian lady-in-waiting
Yekaterina Sergeevna Samoylova
Russian lady in waiting
Maria Alekseyevna of Russia
Russian princess (1660-1723)