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Tsarina Elizabeth
Author: Lev Berdnikov
Translator: Leigh Mosley
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2009
Department: Features
Page: 54 ( 6) pages
Summary: "Elizabeth couldn't take her eyes off herself," wrote historian Vasily Klyuchevsky. Indeed, Peter the Great's narcissistic granddaughter (born 300 years ago this month) was infamous for being a tyrannical fashionista.
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