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	Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Menshikov understood perfectly the principles on which Peter's reforms were conducted, and was the right hand of the tsar in all his gigantic undertakings.
		It was chiefly through the efforts of Menshikov and his colleague Tolstoi that, on the death of Peter, in 1725, Catherine was raised to the throne.
		Menshikov was committed to the Petrine system, and he recognized that, if that system were to continue, Catherine was, at that particular time, the only possible candidate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Menshikov (861 words)

	Alexander Sergeievich, Prince Menshikov - LoveToKnow 1911
		ALEXANDER SERGEIEVICH MENSHIKOV, Prince (1787-1869), great-grandson of the preceding, was born on the 11th of September 1787, and entered the Russian service as attache to the embassy at Vienna.
		As a matter of fact they were at the head of a combination for selling Menshikov's corn in preference to the corn of the Russian government and the bulk of the proceeds went into Menshikov's pockets.
		From 1709 to 1711 they had exported almost as much of Menshikov's corn as of that of the government, though the export of any corn from Russia, except in account of the Treasury, was a capital offence.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Alexander_Sergeievich,_Prince_Menshikov (316 words)

	The Great Limp Forward
		Menshikov was later criticised for not moving to oppose the landings, but the key lay in Allied sea power.
		At this stage Menshikov still believed it was a raid in strength, and he reinforced the troops in the Alma area up to 20,000 to await developments.
		Menshikov decided he had to delay the Allies until sufficient troops had arrived from the mainland to evict them from the Crimea.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/crimean_war/57238/1 (471 words)

	CHISTOPRUDNY BOULEVARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Further, Menshikov's church had a chiming clock which had been bought in London at great cost, and this was also something out of the ordinary for Moscow churches.
		Menshikov recovered, and the icon remained in his private chapel in his palace on Vasilevsky Island.
		Menshikov's property on Myasnitskaya was transferred to 'the brilliant prince' Alexander Kurakin, and at the end of that century, to Moscow Post Office.
	www.moskva.ru /guide/streets/chist_bule.html (900 words)

	SIGHTSEEING of Saint Petersburg, Russia, Menshikov Palace, Globe-Tour, Peter and Paul Fortress, Basil Island, Summer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was built for the Prince from 1710 to 1712 and from 1713 to 1727 (architects: Giovanni Mario Fontana and Gottfried Johann Schadel, assisted by Domenico Trezzini, Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, Georg Johann Mattarnovy and Jean-Baptiste Le Blond).
		The official residence belonging to Menshikov, governor general of the capital and president of the College of War, was used for diplomatic receptions and gala celebrations.
		Following Menshikov's downfall and exile in 1732, the palace was turned over to a military school called the "Land Nobility Corps" (later the First Cadet Corps) and, as a result, underwent certain modifications.
	www.globe-tour.ru /en/spb_3_dm.htm (303 words)

	The Courtly Lives - Russian Czars of Poland
		Alexander died of cholera in November 19, 1825, at Taganrog, on the Sea of Azov.
		In 1707, Peter I honored his favorite, Alexander Menshikov, son of a stable hand, with the title "kniaz." Two years before that, Alexander Menshikov was given the title by the Holy Roman Emperors.
		Paul I and his son, Alexander I, and Nicholas I awarded titles to a number of people, so that by the end of the second half of the 19th century, sixteen (16) families had been elevated to the title of "prince." Peter also introduced the title of Count (Graf) in 1706.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/RussianCzars.html (1044 words)

	Swiss, Austrian, or German sculptor, active in Russia: Bust of Alexander Menshikov (1996.7) \| Object Page \| Timeline of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Menshikov's bravery, demonstrated in the Russian attack on the Swedish fortress Slotburg (Schlüsselburg) in 1702, made him an invaluable ally for the czar.
		On the death of the empress in 1727, Menshikov's opponents initiated a political rebellion.
		Menshikov, who was knighted in 1703 and received the rank of prince in 1705, was stripped of his possessions and title and exiled to northern Siberia, where he died in poverty.
	www.metmuseum.org /TOAH/ho/09/eue/hod_1996.7.htm (292 words)

	Causes of the War - When Monks Collide part 2
		Tsar Nicholas II (1796-1855) had little of the charismatic charm of his brother Alexander I (1777-1825), who milked world applause over Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, although in effect Napoleon had beaten himself, and who countered criticism of his six year long alliance with Napoleon with the remark "and yet they thought I was a simpleton".
		Nicholas was a survivor from the divine right school of monarchy, a bastion against the 1848 revolutionary movements, and a champion of the Orthodox church, believing that it ought to suppress and absorb all other Christian churches.
		Alexander Sergeivitch Menshikov, a veteran General from the Napoleonic Wars, had as much command of diplomacy as Frank Tyson ten seconds into a weigh-in.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/crimean_war/34495 (518 words)

	ARTINDEX -- ArtTours -- Museums & Sightseeing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alexander Nevsky Lavra is not only interesting as one of the city’s most valuable historical and architectural monuments; it is also the burial place of many outstanding Russians.
		Alexander Menshikov was an outstanding statesman and a military figure, as well as the closest friend and associate of Peter the Great.
		Though the island belonged to Menshikov for only 7 years, he managed to use that period for building himself such a luxurious palace that it was considered the richest building in the city at that time.
	www.artindex.spb.ru /museums.html (2529 words)

	Saint Petersburg - Sightseengs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This ensemble, formed in the 18th and 19th centuries, is extended by the eastern wing of the General Staff building, the Menshikov Palace and the recently constructed Repository.
		However, during the second half of his reign Alexander II grew wary of the dangers of his system of reforms, having only barely survived a series of attempts on his life, including an explosion in the Winter Palace and the derailment of a train.
		Alexander II was finally assassinated in 1881 by a group of revolutionaries, who threw a bomb at his royal carriage.
	rtravel.ru /spb/sightseengs.php (5278 words)

	Menshikov Palace
		Born to non-aristocratic parents Alexander Danilovitch Menshikov in 1686 became the batman of Peter I. Since 1697 he became the closest pal of Peter I, accompanying the tsar in all his journeys.
		After Peter's death in 1925 Menshikov did his best to ensure that the throne would pass safely to Peter's wife Catherine I and for two years of her reign in fact it was Menshikov who ruled the country.
		The revolution events of the first decades of the 20th century had a pernicious influence on the interiors of the Menshikov Palace: the halls were ransacked, the museum was pillaged and abolished.
	www.petersburg-hotels.com /eng/guide/museums/menshikov.html (757 words)

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		The Palace of Alexander Menshikov (the first large stone building in St. Petersburg, constructed almost 300 years ago).The 40-room palace is situated on Vasilyevsky Island and is a very attractive building of considerable historical interest, and the location where the ICSV11 banquet will be held.
		Alexander Menshikov (1673-1729) was an associate of Peter the Great, and an eminent statesman and military figure.
		We plan to travel to the ICSV11 banquet at the Menshikov Palace from the Hotel Pribaltiyskaya on Wednesday July 7 July by three or four boats and to view the main architectural treasures in St. Petersburg from the Neva river and canals during the hour that we cruise to the banquet.
	www.monomax.org /icsv11/banquet.htm (221 words)

	Menshikov Palace
		The Menshikov Palace is one of the first stone mansions in Saint Petersburg.
		The famous restorer A. Gessen determined that at first the Menshikov Palace looked like a relatively small mansion that was lately enlarged by building two symmetrical wings that formed a garden in front of the palace.
		When Alexander Menshikov and his family were exiled to Siberia, his magnificent palace was adjusted for the needs of the First Cadet Corps.
	www.saint-petersburg-hotels.com /menshikovskiy.htm (446 words)

	Oleg Menshikov
		Kaplevich added а series of inflatable "marble" columns which increase the stateliness of the environs, while giving it the fragility of sanity: All that is needed for the columns to collapse in а heap аге а few swipes of the hand.
		Menshikov and Feklistov divide between themselves the ailing former dancer's two warring personalities.
		Menshikov gained international fame last year by playing the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin opposite Vanessa Redgrave's Isadora Duncan in the award-winning London production of When She Danced, and he brings the same poetic grace to his performance of Nijinsky's intuitive half.
	www.menshikov.ru /eng/theatre/nizh/nizh_freedman.html (767 words)

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		This statesman and general was the great-grandson of the first prince Menshikov whose rise from peddler of hot cakes to the highest posts in the Russian Empire under Peter the Great we will consider on the occasion of the 330th anniversary of his birth this coming November.
		Although the Russian fleet lagged behind those of England and France in technical and military terms, it was soon to annihilate the Turkish fleet, and subsequently the guns and sailors of the Black Sea fleet were the backbone of the defense of the Sevastopol naval base.
		Meanwhile, Prince Menshikov was appointed commander-in-chief of all naval and land forces in the Crimea.
	english.mn.ru /english/printver.php?2003-16-10 (1042 words)

	Menshikov Palace
		Menshikov’s Palace is one of the largest stone buildings in St. Petersburg.
		This Palace was founded on the same embankment as the Kunstkammer, and was the home of Prince Alexander Menshikov who was Peter’s favorite friend and governor of the city.
		Due to the bond that Peter and Menshikov shared, after Peter’s death in 1725, Menshikov made sure that the throne would be passed on to Catherine I. Menshikov then ruled Russia for two years.
	it.stlawu.edu /~rkreuzer/pryan/menshikov_palace.html (350 words)

	Kingisepp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1703, the town was finally taken by the Russians in the course of the Great Northern War (it was first held by the Russians for a month in late 1700) and renamed Jamburg (a German version of the name).
		Five years later, Peter the Great granted the town to Alexander Menshikov in his capacity of the Duke of Izhora.
		The German form of its name, however, was retained until 1922, when the Bolsheviks renamed it after the Estonian Communist leader Viktor Kingissepp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingisepp (280 words)

	Lomonosov - Oranienbaum
		At the beginning of the 18th century the lands of Lomonosov, which used to be called Oranienbaum, were presented to Count Alexander Menshikov by Tsar Peter I. In Alexander Menshikov's time, the palace and park ensemble was founded.
		In 1727, after Alexander Menshikov's disfavor, Oranienbaum was passed to Russian treasury, and from 1743 till 1761 it was the residence of Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich, the future emperor Peter III.
		Today Oranienbaum is a state museum-preserve and, in spite of the fact that the restoration works are still in process, the palace and park ensemble is an attractive sight for the citizens of Saint Petersburg and its tourists.
	www.petersburg-hotels.com /eng/guide/suburbs/lomonosov.html (552 words)

	Russian Corporate Disputes - JRL 7-24-03
		Alexander Menshikov, who rose from Peter the Greats batman to count, generalissimo, president of the Military Board, Duke of Izhora, and one of the richest men in Russia, was probably the first to come up against that.
		Yet as soon as Menshikov became seriously ill, the Privy Council - the supreme advisory body in the country dominated by the aristocracy (the Golitsyns and the Dolgorukys) - turned against him.
		In January 1728, Menshikov was banished to the town of Berezov, in Northern Siberia, where he built a house, buried his daughter, Maria, and died himself in November 1729.
	www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/7262-3.cfm (1338 words)

	The_Romanovs_dinasty_and_St_Petersburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alexander, the eldest son of Paul I, who was married twice and had 10 children from the second marriage with Princess Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg (christened Maria Fedorovna), was born in St. Petersburg on December 12, 1777.
		The reign of Alexander II was also marked by the technological progress: since peasants were to buy their land at far from advantages terms, they prefer to move to big cities to work in factories.
		Alexander III, the second son of Alexander II, was born in St. Petersburg on February 26, 1845 and was never trained for statesmanship, but Nicholas, the heir apparent, died an early death in 1865 and Alexander inherited his crown and his fiancée Princess Dagmar of Denmark, who took the name of Maria in second baptism.
	www.ehotel.ru /en/The_Romanovs_dinasty_and_St_Petersburg (4159 words)

	Lomonosov - Oranienbaum
		At the beginning of the 18th century Peter the Great presented the vast territory on the shore of Finnish Gulf to duke Alexander Menshikov.
		The name Oranienbaum (that is German for an orange tree) reminds us of the whims of Menshikov, who liked to live high and spent freely on entertainments of all kinds.
		In 1727 Menshikov fell into disgrace - he was exiled to Siberia and all his fabulous property passed to the national treasury.
	www.saint-petersburg-hotels.com /oranienbaum-lomonosov.htm (461 words)

	Visit St. Petersburg - Menshikov Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This palace is the unique example of a private house of the first quarter of the 18th century preserved till our days, where great banquets and official receptions took place.
		In 1727 in a struggle for power, Menshikov lost and was sent to Siberia.
		Now "The Menshikov palace-museum" is a branch of The State Hermitage.
	www.visit-spb.nm.ru /en/faq/attractions/menshikov_palace.html (98 words)

	Menshikov Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia
		Alexander Menshikov (1673-1729) was a good friend and companion of Peter the Great.
		He came from a very humble background, but was quickly promoted by Peter and eventually became St. Petersburg's first Governor General.
		For more information about the Menshikov Palace in St. Petersburg, please point your browser to http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/menshikov-palace.asp
	www.cityvision2000.com /city_tour/menshiko.htm (108 words)

	The Menshikov Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia
		The palace was the most luxurious house to be built in the city thus far (far superior to the Summer Palace of Peter the Great) and was therefore chosen to host various official functions.
		In 1727, a few weeks before his daughter's marriage to the heir to the throne, Menshikov was accused of treason and stealing government money and was exiled with his whole family to Siberia.
		Between 1732 and 1918 the palace was home to a military school, but in 1967 it was given to the Hermitage.
	www.saint-petersburg.com /virtual-tour/menshikov-palace.asp (224 words)

	St. Petersburg Features \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		This was the property of Alexander Menshikov (circa 1672-1729), the first governor of St. Petersburg and Peter the Great's favorite, who, following Peter's example, in 1710 began building his own luxurious summer residence on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
		Before construction was complete, however, Peter died and Menshikov was stripped of his formidable political power and exiled, leaving his summer estate half finished.
		But at various times, Gatchina Palace was a residence of Nicholas I, Alexander II, and Alexander III, and it bears witness to many important historic events, as well as the political and personal secrets of the Romanov dynasty.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=st_petersburg@151&cur_section=fea&feature=30010 (7078 words)

	The Balalaika and Domra Association of America 2006 photos
		Russian folk singer Alexander Menshikov and Mikhail Smirnov from the Russian folk dance and music ensemble Barynya from Brooklyn, New York at the 2006 Balalaika and Domra Association of America convention in Akron, Ohio.
		Singer Alexander Menshikov, Mikhail Smirnov (guitar), Greg Harbar (accordion), Monty Ellman (alto domra) and Andy King (contrabass balalaika) are playing at the Kent State University auditorium before the big concert.
		Alexander Menshikov is working on romance Domoi Vozvrashayutsya Ptitsy ("Birds are coming back home".
	www.barynya.com /zut.htm (361 words)

	Theaters and Museums Russia - Cosmos - Destination management and chauffeured cars, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alexander III built the Church of the Resurrection on the spot where his father Alexander II was assassinated.
		Alexander Menshikov, eminent statesman, outstanding general, and close companion and favourite of Peter the Great, was given the whole of Vasilievsky Island by his sovereign in 1707.
		Alexander Pushkin, Russia's most celebrated poet, lived here in Tsarskoe Selo at the beginning of the 19th century, hence the town's present-day name.
	www.guide.spb.ru /culture.html (2169 words)

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