1741 in Russia

none in Russia thumb|Carle Vanloo, Portrait of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1760), who seized the throne in 1741 Events from the year 1741 in Russia were dominated by a dramatic change in leadership, as Elizabeth Petrovna deposed the infant Emperor Ivan VI and his regent, Anna Leopoldovna, in a bloodless palace coup, and by the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743).Elizabeth Encyclopædia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-empress-of-Russia 2025-06-13Russo-Swedish Wars Encyclopædia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/event/Russo-Swedish-Wars 2025-06-13 Incumbents Monarch – Ivan VI (until 6 December 1741)1 Ivan Ivan s.v. Ivan VI. 15 Bain Robert Nisbet Robert Nisbet Bain 91 Regent – Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna (until 6 December 1741)cs2 Anna Carlovna 2 EB 1878 59 Monarch – Elizabeth Petrovna (from 6 December 1741)Rice Tamara Talbot Elizabeth, Empress of Russia Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1970 978-0-297-00109-6 Events Late July – France-backed Sweden declares war on Russia, initiating the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743), aiming to recover territories lost in the Great Northern War.Tengberg Niklas August https://books.google.com/books?id=D18zAQAAMAAJ Bidrag till historien om Sveriges krig med Ryssland, åren 1741–1743 1857 Tryckt uti Berlingska boktryckeriet 124–125 sv 8 August – Sweden formally declares war on Russia following the murder of Swedish diplomatic courier Malcolm Sinclair. 23 August – At the Battle of Villmanstrand, Russian forces under Field Marshal Peter von Lacy defeat the Swedish army at present-day Lappeenranta, Finland.Malmström Carl Gustaf Sveriges politiska historia från konung Karl XII :s död still statshvälfningen 1772, af Carl Gustaf Malmström. Andra upplagan, delvis omarbetad H.A. Norstedt Stockholm 1863 457964593 sv 6 December (N.S.) / 25 November (O.S.) – Elizabeth Petrovna stages a bloodless coup with the Preobrazhensky Regiment, deposes Ivan VI and Anna Leopoldovna, and is proclaimed Empress of Russia. 12 December – The deposed regent Anna Leopoldovna, her husband Anthony Ulrich, and their children are imprisoned, initially at Riga and later at Dünamünde fortress.Ivan VI Encyclopedia.com https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/russian-soviet-and-cis-history-biographies/ivan-vi 2025-06-13 Births Pyotr Melissino (c. 1726–1797), Greek-born Russian General of the Artillery.Mandich, Donald R. Placek, Joseph Anthony Russian heraldry and nobility Dramco 1992 311 978-0-9633063-9-5 Catherine Antonovna of Brunswick (15 July 1741–1807), daughter of Anthony Ulrich and Anna Leopoldovna.Anisimov Evgenij Viktorovič Five Empresses Greenwood Publishing Group Westport, Conn 2004 0-275-98464-8 Deaths 8 December – Vitus Bering, Danish-born explorer; died on Bering Island after his ship was wrecked. Modern research suggests he died of heart failure rather than scurvy.Vitus Bering Encyclopædia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vitus-Bering 2025-06-13 References 1741 1741 Category:1741 in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 18th century in the Russian Empire Category:1741 by country