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| | Romanov. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | The name Romanov was adopted in the 16th cent. |
 | | Peter II was the last of the direct male Romanov line, and on his death Anna, duchess of Courland, a daughter of Ivan V, ascended the throne. |
 | | See D. Lieven, Russian Rulers before the Revolution (1989); R. Masie, The Romanovs (1995), M. Steinberg and V. Khrustaëv, The Fall of the Romanovs (1995); J. Van der Kiste, The Romanovs, 18181959 (1998), and J. Perry and C. Pleshakov, The Flight of the Romanovs (1999). |
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