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Folio 111: Rondeau to Townshend. Czarina plans to go to Izmailovo about 4 miles from...

Catalogue reference: SP 91/11/111

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This record is about the Folio 111: Rondeau to Townshend. Czarina plans to go to Izmailovo about 4 miles from... dating from 1730 May 18 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Russia. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 91/11/111
Date
1730 May 18
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Folio 111: Rondeau to Townshend. Czarina plans to go to Izmailovo about 4 miles from here. Two regiments of guards, about 7,000 men, camped nearby. Before returning to Moscow she plans to go on foot in pilgrimage to the Monastery of the Trinity (Troitza) 40 miles away. This devotion made similarly by most of her predecessors. Princess Elizabeth thought to be pregnant by grenadier, feigns sickness, not able to attend coronation. He is dismissed service, to be always at her command. Czarina has given Order of St. Andrew to Count Wratislaw. Gifts sent to Dolgorukov family, while in favour, now given to Courlanders here, to make them engage in interest of court of Vienna. Emperor leaves no stone unturned for his advantage. Dated Moscow, 18 May 1730.

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