The Greatest Russian Empresses & Queens

Birthdate: December 29, 1709

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Died: January 5, 1762

Elizabeth Petrovna, or Elizabeth of Russia, daughter of Tsar Peter the Great, was the Russian empress from 1741 to 1762. She became famous for not executing a single person during her rule and for modernizing Russia’s architecture. She was a key figure of the Russian Age of Enlightenment.