Count Munnich falls from power in Russia

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.1.00: Slavic and Russian Writing and Culture: Old, Medieval and Tsarist, 700-1917.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

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Changes of government, elections and reigns

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Date of occurrence 1741-03

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Russia (Location)

Count Münnich falls from power in Russia, in a volatile political situation. Tsar Ivan VI is less than a year old, and his mother is acting as Regent, but most of the power had been in the hands of Münnich.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Count Munnich falls from power in Russia". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 April 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=17441, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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