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 | | The matter was arranged between Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov and Count Andrei Osterman; and on the 18th of May 1727 Peter II, according to the terms of the forged last will of Catherine I, was proclaimed sovereign autocrat. |
 | | Peter II (Пётр II Алексеевич in Russian) (October 23, 1715 – January 29, 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until his death. |
 | | The majority of the nation and three-quarters of the nobility were on his side, while his maternal uncle, the emperor Charles VI, through the imperial ambassador at St Petersburg, persistently urged his claims. |
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