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64-589: The Kungurian is named after the Russian city of Kungur in Perm Krai . The stage was introduced into scientific literature by Russian geologist Alexandr Antonovich Stukenberg (Alexander Stuckenberg) in 1890. The base of the Kungurian Stage is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where fossils of conodont species Neostreptognathodus pnevi and Neostreptognathodus exculptus first appear. As of 2009, there

128-435: A Swedish precedent, which stated that Anna was to govern according to their counsel and was not permitted to declare war, call for peace, impose new taxes or spend the revenue of the state without their consent. Without the consent of the council, she could not punish nobility without trial, make grants of estates or villages, appoint high officials, or promote anyone (foreign or Russian) to court office. The deliberations of

192-475: A daughter already would provide a certainty of succession which the nobles perhaps preferred not to have. The Supreme Privy Council preferred the childless and widowed Duchess of Courland. They hoped that she would feel indebted to the nobles and remain a figurehead at best, and malleable at worst. To make sure of that, the Council convinced Anna to sign a declaration of " Conditions " to her accession, modeled after

256-646: A disciplined and austere manner by their widowed mother, a stern lady of sterling character. Born into a family of relatively modest means, Praskovia Saltykova had been an exemplary wife to a mentally disabled man, and expected her daughters to live up to her own high standards of morality and virtue. Anna grew up within a milieu which cherished womanly virtue and domesticity above all else, and placed strong emphasis on thrift, charity and religious observances. Her education consisted of French, German, religious texts and folklore, leavened with some music and dancing. As she grew older, she developed into an obstinate girl, with

320-503: A family had more than one son, one could now stay behind to run the family estate. Westernization continued after Peter the Great 's reign in areas of prominent Western culture such as the Academy of Science, cadet corps education, and imperial culture including theater and opera. Although not at the fast-paced speed of Westernization under her Uncle Peter's reign, it is evident that a culture of

384-623: A few occasions, humiliated individuals with disabilities. The issues of serfdom, peasant and lower class slavery, taxation, dishonesty, and rule through constant fear persisted in Russia during her rule. Her empire was described by Lefort, the Saxon minister, as being "comparable to a storm-threatened ship, manned by a pilot and crew who are all drunk or asleep. . . with no considerable future". Anna's war with Turkey, economic issues, and conspiracy revolving around her accession all bring to light an ominous glow of

448-401: A fireplace of ice. Prince Golitsyn and his bride were placed in a cage atop an elephant and paraded through the streets to this structure, to spend their wedding night in the ice palace, despite it being an extremely cold night in the dead of winter. Empress Anna told the couple to make love and keep their bodies close if they did not wish to freeze to death. Eventually, the couple survived when

512-559: A hospital), the 19th century storehouses of the Kopakov merchants (now a culture center). The Tikhvinsky Temple was built in 1763 and got its name from the holy icon of Tikhvinskaya Bogomater . Now the movie theater "Oktyabr" is located in the building. In the lower part of the town, on Kittarskaya street, is the Uspenskaya Church, built in 1761. On the opposite bank of the Sylva river stands

576-436: A hundred in the secondary school. Still, it was a huge step forward for education in Russia. Many of the teachers and professors were imported from Germany, bringing a Western viewpoint to instruction students received. Some of the students taught by these German professors later became advisors or teachers to future leaders, such as Catherine the Great's tutor, Adodurov. During Anna's reign the Academy of Science began to include

640-454: A hundred thousand men, and millions of rubles; its burdens caused great stress on the people of Russia, and it only gained Russia the city of Azov and its environs. Its effects, however, were greater than they first appeared. Osterman's policy of southern expansion prevailed over the 1711 Peace of Pruth signed by Peter the Great. Münnich had given Russia its first campaign against Turkey that had not ended in crushing disaster and dissipated

704-483: A lady greatly respected for her many virtues, not least her chastity. Finally, the Russian Supreme Privy Council led by Prince Dmitri Golitzyn selected Anna, the second daughter of Ivan V, to be the new Empress of Russia. She was selected in preference to her elder sister Catherine even though Catherine was at that time resident in Russia whereas Anna was not. There were some reasons for this: Anna

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768-593: A love affair with Duke Ernst Johann von Biron , a prominent courtier, for many years. In 1730, Tsar Peter II (grandson of Anna's uncle Peter the Great) died childless at a young age. His death rendered extinct the male line of the Romanov dynasty , which had ruled Russia for over a century, since 1613. There were four possible candidates for the throne: the three surviving daughters of Ivan V , namely Catherine (born 1691), Anna herself (born 1693) and Praskovya (born 1694), and

832-473: A mean streak, earning her the nickname "Iv-anna the Terrible". Anna was famed for her big cheeks, "which, as shown in her portraits", says Thomas Carlyle , were "comparable to a Westphalian ham". In time, her uncle Peter the Great ordered the family to move from Moscow to St. Petersburg . This meant a change of not just location but also society, and this had a significant effect on Anna. She greatly enjoyed

896-456: A political nature. It has been rumored since Anna's reign that Biron was the power behind the Secret Office of Investigation when in fact it was run by the senator A. I. Ushakov. The punishments meted out for the convicted were often very painful and disgusting. For example, some people that had supposedly been plotting against the government had their noses slit in addition to being beaten with

960-557: Is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai , Russia , located in the Ural Mountains at the confluence of the rivers Iren and Shakva with the Sylva ( Kama 's basin ). Population: 66,074 ( 2010 Census ) ; 68,943 ( 2002 Census ) ; 81,402 ( 1989 Soviet census ) ; 62,173 ( 2023 Estimate ). Kungur was founded 17 kilometers (11 mi) above the Iren's mouth on the banks of

1024-544: Is often referred to as "The Age of Biron" ( Bironovschina ), after her German lover Ernst Johann Biron . Historians concur that Biron not only had a strong influence on Anna's domestic and foreign policies, but also that at times he wielded power solely without reference to the Empress. Anna was attracted to Biron's personal charm and he proved to be a good companion to her, but his name became synonymous with cruelty and terror. In public perception these negative qualities became

1088-569: The Kungurian Age of the Permian Period of geological time was named for Kungur. Kungur was the seat of the 1411th Artillery Ammunition Depot from 11 August 1941, the day of its establishment, to July 1945. The town's original coat of arms became official according with the Highest Law of Empress Anna Ioannovna in 1737. The current coat of arms was adopted in 1994. The name of the city

1152-506: The Kungurka in 1648. In 1662, it was burnt by Bashkirs . In 1663, it was rebuilt as a fortress on the place of the village of Mysovskoye . In the beginning of the 18th century, leather and footwear industries started to develop here, and in 1724, a tannery was built. By the mid-18th century, Kungur became one of the most populated areas in the Urals. In 1759, Perm administration of mining plants

1216-638: The Ottomans . Russia's involvement with the conflict was quickly over, however, and the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739) was much more important. In 1732 Nader Shah had forced Russia to return the lands in northern mainland Persia that had been taken during Peter the Great's Russo-Persian War ; the Treaty of Resht furthermore permitted an alliance against the Ottoman Empire, the common enemy and, in any case,

1280-671: The Russian Academy of Science , started by Peter the Great. This school was designed to further the sciences in Russia, in order to help the country reach the level of the Western countries of that period. Some of the subjects taught were mathematics, astronomy, and botany. The Academy of Science was also responsible for many expeditions; a notable example was the Bering Sea Expedition. While attempting to determine if America and Asia had been at one point connected, Siberia and its people

1344-670: The Sakmarian and that may have extended into the Roadian , with many lineages of early synapsids becoming extinct in the Kungurian. However, assessment of the exact timing of these extinctions is hampered by a gap in the fossil record of continental vertebrates in the late Kungurian, at least in Texas and Oklahoma, two states that have an unparalleled fossil record of such taxa for the early to mid-Kungurian. Kungur Kungur ( Russian : Кунгу́р )

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1408-533: The districts . As a municipal division , the town of krai significance of Kungur is incorporated as Kungur Urban Okrug . Major industries are SIA Turbobur and JSK "Kungur-footwear" (leather including army footwear). The town produces art goods (souvenirs from stone, maiolica ), musical instrument (guitars) factories, repair-mechanical plant, clothing and knitting mills, and food industry companies. Rye, wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, vegetables are grown in Kungur, and

1472-449: The duchy of Courland from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Much of her administration was defined or heavily influenced by actions set in motion by her uncle, Peter the Great ( r.  1682–1725 ), such as the lavish building projects in St. Petersburg , funding the Russian Academy of Science , and measures which generally favored the nobility, such as

1536-586: The knout . Russian authorities listed a total of around 20,000 Russians—including some of the highest native nobility—who fell victim to Biron and Anna's police. The government under Anna established an Office for the Affairs of New Converts in 1740 to expand the conversion to Orthodoxy. The office which was situated in the Bogoroditsky Monastery in Kazan was staffed by monks and aided by state authorities. Under

1600-531: The Arts into the program, as there was no school for the arts yet, and the Empress was a firm supporter of the arts. Theatre, architecture, engraving, and journalism were all added to the curriculum. It was during this time the foundation of what is now the world-famous Russian Ballet was laid down. Anna resurrected the Secret Office of Investigation, whose purpose was to punish those convicted of political crimes, although some cases were occasionally taken that were not of

1664-405: The Great and Udmurtia , archaeologists find quite a lot of Bulgar objects. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Kungur serves as the administrative center of Kungursky District , even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Kungur —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of

1728-499: The Great, but he was mentally disabled and reportedly had limited capacity of administering the country effectively, and Peter effectively ruled alone. Ivan V died in February 1696, when Anna was only three years old, and her half-uncle became the sole ruler of Russia. Although Anna was the fourth child of her parents, she had only one surviving elder sister, Catherine , and one younger sister, Praskovia . The three girls were raised in

1792-535: The Preobrazhensky Temple. The Kungur Ice Cave is located in the vicinity of Kungur, on the right bank of the Sylva River . Ramified passages stretch under the ground for over 6,000 meters, and only a small part has already been explored. To this day, old slides and crumblings do not allow to determine the total length of the passages. In the explored part of the cave there are several dozens of grottoes ;

1856-400: The age of 47 from a kidney stone that made for a slow and painful death. The tsaritsa's final words focused on Biron. Ivan VI was only a two-month-old baby at the time, and his mother, Anna Leopoldovna , was detested for her German counsellors and relations. As a consequence, shortly after Anna's death, Elizabeth Petrovna , legitimized daughter of Peter the Great, managed to gain the favor of

1920-440: The aunts of the recently deceased Tsar Peter II . The dilemma was made greater because the daughters of Peter the Great had been born out of wedlock, and had been legitimized later by him, after he formally married their mother Catherine I , who had previously been a maid in his household. On the other hand, Praskovia Saltykova , the wife of Ivan V, had been a nobleman's daughter and a devoted wife and mother; moreover, she had been

1984-641: The cave, like snowflakes which change in size during the year and reach the size of a maple leaf during late winter. The cave is filled with water from the Sylva River twice a year, in spring and in fall, when it is not accessible to tourists. Educational facilities in the town include: Anna of Russia Anna Ioannovna ( Russian : Анна Иоанновна ; 7 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1693 – 28 October [ O.S. 17 October] 1740), also russified as Anna Ivanovna and sometimes anglicized as Anne , served as regent of

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2048-752: The council were held even as Peter II lay dying of smallpox during the winter of 1729–30. The document of " Conditions " was presented to Anna in January, and she signed the same on 18 January 1730, which was just around the time of his death. The ceremony of endorsement was held at her capital, Mitau in Courland (now known as Jelgava ), and she then proceeded to the Russian capital. On 20 February 1730, shortly after her arrival, Empress Anna exercised her prerogative to do away with her predecessor's Privy Council and dissolved that body. The Supreme Privy Council which had stipulated those onerous "Conditions" had been composed largely of

2112-413: The effects of alcohol. After her husband died, Anna proceeded to Mitau (now known as Jelgava ), the capital of Courland (now western Latvia ) and ruled that province for almost twenty years, from 1711 to 1730. During this period, the Russian resident, Count Peter Bestuzhev , was her adviser (and sometimes lover). She never remarried after the death of her husband, but her enemies claimed she conducted

2176-487: The empress' decree, they presided under a huge increase in conversions, where converts were provided goods and cash in return for a "reward for accepting baptism". However, intimidation and violence also played a role in conversions, as a Chuvash petition described how the clergy "mercilessly beat them and baptized them against their will". In addition, hundreds of mosques were destroyed. By the 1750s, over 400,000 pagans and Muslims had converted. Anna gave many privileges to

2240-506: The expansion of knowledge continued during Anna's rule and affected mostly the nobility. It is argued that this success in Westernization is due to the efforts of the German court nobility; the foreigners' impacts are viewed both positively and negatively. Anna's reign was different from that of other imperial Russian rulers in one respect: her court was almost entirely made up of foreigners,

2304-457: The families of the princes Dolgorouki and Galitzin . Within a matter of days, another faction rose at court which was opposed to the domination of these two families. On 7 March 1730, a group of people belonging to this faction (numbering between 150 and 800 people, depending on the source) arrived at the palace and petitioned the empress to repudiate the "Conditions" and assume the autocracy of her predecessors. Among those who urged Anna to do so

2368-406: The feast which followed the wedding, two dwarfs performed a parody by jumping out of enormous pies and dancing on the tables. The newly wedded couple spent several weeks in Russia before proceeding to Courland. Only twenty miles out of St. Petersburg, on the road to Courland, on 21 January 1711, Duke Frederick died. The cause of death was uncertain - it has been attributed variously to a chill or to

2432-544: The following year, were the only ones China dispatched to Europe through the 18th century. These embassies were unique also in that they represented the only occasions where officials of the Chinese Empire kowtowed before a foreign ruler. After being widowed just weeks following her wedding, Anna never remarried. As empress of Russia, she enjoyed the power she held over all men and may have thought that marriage would undermine her power and position. Nevertheless, Anna's reign

2496-473: The fossil record, and the end of this stage whitnessed one of the greatest faunal turnovers of the Permian . Early studies placed Olson’s Extinction just after the Kungurian, but more recent studies only indicate that this possible extinction event is located around Kungurian/ Roadian boundary. Howerver, higher-resolution stratigraphic data suggest that this even is actually a slow decline over 20 Ma that started in

2560-470: The hallmark of Anna's reign. As her health declined Anna declared her grandnephew, Ivan VI , as her successor and appointed Biron as regent. This was an attempt to secure the line of her father, Ivan V , and exclude the descendants of Peter the Great from inheriting the throne. It was recorded that she had an ulcer on her kidneys, and she continued having attacks of gout; as her condition worsened, her health began to fail. Anna died on 17 October 1740 at

2624-691: The illusion of Ottoman invincibility. He had further shown that Russia's grenadiers and hussars could defeat twice their number of janissaries and spahis . The Tatar hordes of the Crimea had been exterminated and Russia's signal and unexpected successes greatly increased its prestige within Europe. The Russians also established a protectorate over the khan of the Kirghiz , sending officers to assist his short-lived conquest of Khiva . Two Chinese embassies to Anna's court, first at Moscow in 1731, then at St Petersburg

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2688-621: The initiative of the French ballet master and teacher Jean-Baptiste Landé. During Anna's reign Russia became involved in two major conflicts, the War of the Polish Succession (1733–1735) and another Turkish war . In the former, Russia worked with Austria to support Augustus II 's son Augustus against the candidacy of Stanisław Leszczyński who was dependent on the French and amiable with Sweden and

2752-580: The largest one, which is called the Druzhba (Friendship) Grotto, was given its name in honor of the participants of the International Geological Congress who visited the cave in 1937. Inside this grotto there is a lake with the area of 750 m . The grottoes are "adorned" with columns of stalagmites and icicles of stalactites up to two meters in height. Over millennia, limestone bearing water has created an infinite variety of forms in

2816-551: The maid traded a pearl necklace for a sheepskin coat from one of the guards. An enthusiastic hunter, Anna always kept a shotgun by her window so she could blast away at birds at all hours of the day whenever she felt the urge to hunt. Anna continued to lavish architectural advances in St. Petersburg. She completed a waterway that began construction under Peter the Great and called for seafaring ships to accompany this new canal and continue naval expansion. Anna's lover Ernst Johann von Biron

2880-401: The majority of whom were German. Some observers have argued that historians isolate her rule from Russian history due to their long-term prejudice towards Germans, towards whom Anna seems to have been sympathetic. There is a lot of mention of Germans throughout the reign of Anna. For example, she often gave them ruling positions in her cabinet and other important decision-making positions. This

2944-437: The nobility. In 1730 she ensured the repeal of Peter the Great's primogeniture law prohibiting the division of estates among heirs. Starting in 1731 landlords were made responsible for their serfs' taxes, which had the effect of tightening their economic bondage further. In 1736, the age for a noble to begin his compulsory service to the state changed to 20 with a 25-year service time. Anna and her government also determined that if

3008-521: The populace, locked Ivan VI in a dungeon, and exiled his mother. Anna was buried three months later on 15 January 1741, leaving behind uncertainty for the future of Russia. In the West, Anna's reign was traditionally viewed as a continuation of the transition from the old Muscovy ways to the European court envisioned by Peter the Great. Her government, on the whole, was prudent, beneficial and even glorious; but it

3072-511: The provinces of Shirvan , Ghilan , and Mazanderan had been a net drain on the imperial treasury for the entirety of their occupation. Three years later, in 1735, conforming to the Treaty of Ganja , the remainder of the territories taken more than a decade earlier from Persia in the North Caucasus and South Caucasus were returned as well. The war against the Turks took four and a half years,

3136-496: The repeal of a primogeniture law in 1730. In the West, Anna's reign was traditionally viewed as a continuation of the transition from the old Muscovy ways to the European court envisioned by Peter the Great. Within Russia, Anna's reign is often referred to as a "dark era". Anna was born in Moscow as the daughter of Tsar Ivan V by his wife Praskovia Saltykova . Ivan V was co-ruler of Russia along with his younger half-brother Peter

3200-424: The sole surviving daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth (born 1709). Ivan V had been the older brother of Peter the Great and co-ruler with him, and by that reckoning, his daughters may be considered to have the prior claim. However, if seen from the perspective that the successor should be the nearest kin of the most recent monarch, then the daughters of Peter the Great were nearer to the throne, because they were

3264-430: The splendour of court and the lavishness of high society, which was very different from the austerity preferred by her mother. In 1710, Peter the Great arranged for the 17-year-old Anna to marry Frederick William , Duke of Courland , who was about the same age as her. Her wedding was held on a grand scale, as per her own inclinations, on 11 November 1710; and her uncle gave her a fabulous dowry of 200,000 roubles. At

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3328-757: The town also has meat-dairy cattle husbandry and aviculture. Kungur is located at the crossing of the Solikamsk route , the Siberian path , and the Trans-Siberian Highway . Among the notable buildings in Kungur are the Transfiguration Church (1781), Nikola Cathedral, former Guest courtyard with the Burse (1865–76, architect R. O. Karvovsky), the Zyryanov Hospice (1881, now the surgical department of

3392-543: The words of one contemporary, which was widely taken to be a dark omen of what Anna's reign would be like. Strong-willed and eccentric, Anna was known for her cruelty and vulgar sense of humor. She forced Prince Mikhail Alekseevich Golitsyn to become her court jester and had him married off to her unattractive Kalmyk maid Avdotya Buzheninova. To celebrate the wedding, the Empress had an ice palace measuring thirty-three feet high and eighty feet long built together with icy beds, steps, chairs, windows and even logs of ice in

3456-578: Was a Baltic German and due to his influence Baltic Germans were favored with government offices, leading to the resentment of the ethnic Russian nobility, though the American historian Walter Moss cautioned that the popular image of the Bironovschina as one of total Baltic German domination of Russia is exaggerated. Anna founded the Cadet Corps in 1731, one year after coming to the throne. The Cadet Corps

3520-484: Was a childless widow and there was no immediate danger of an unknown foreigner wielding power in Russia; she also had some experience of government, because she had been administering her late husband's duchy of Courland for almost two decades. Catherine, on the other hand, was married to the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . She was now separated from him and living in Russia, which was in itself disgraceful; and whether her husband

3584-492: Was a group of young boys starting at the age of eight being trained for the military. It incorporated a very rigorous training program which included all the schooling necessary for someone to hold an important position in the military. As time went on, the program was improved upon by other emperors and empresses, such as Catherine the Great. These began to include the arts and sciences into cadets' schooling, alongside established studies of military topics. Anna continued to fund

3648-419: Was also studied. These studies were referenced long after the expedition returned from Siberia. The academy suffered interference from outside parties. Frequently the government and the church would meddle with funding and experimentation, altering data to match their respective points of view. This school of science was very small, never exceeding a population of twelve students in the university and barely over

3712-458: Was because she had very little trust in the Russians. It was because of this strong German influence in government that many Russians came to resent them. The Imperial Theatre School, known as Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet after 1957, was founded during Anna's reign on May 4, 1738. It was the first ballet school in Russia, as well as the second in the world. The school was established through

3776-667: Was given by the Kungur River , which flows into the Iren at the site of the construction of the first fort. The hydronym arose under the influence of the Volga Bulgars ( Ogur and Hungarian tribes) who came to the Volga - Kama territory in the 7th century , from them the name Kungur < Hungur < Vungur < Ungur is the name of the Onogur (On ogur) and Hungarian tribes. On the territory of Perm

3840-488: Was her elder sister Catherine . Anna duly repudiated the document of Conditions , and for good measure sent some of the framers of the document to the scaffold, and many others to Siberia . She then assumed autocratic powers and ruled as an absolute monarch, in the same fashion as her predecessors. On the night that Anna tore up the Conditions, an aurora borealis appeared in the sky, making the horizon "appear in all blood" in

3904-593: Was moved to Kungur. By the end of the 18th century, Kungur was an important transit trade center of the Siberian road, as well as the center of leather manufacture in Perm Governorate . Kungur rope and linseed oil were widely known. In 1774, the town withstood a siege by Yemelyan Pugachev 's Cossack forces. By the end of the 19th century, Kungur had become a significant industrial (including manufacture of leather footwear, gloves, and mittens) and cultural center. In 1890

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3968-615: Was no agreement yet on a global reference profile (a GSSP ) for the base of the Kungurian. The top of the Kungurian (the base of the Roadian and the Guadalupian series) is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where fossils of conodont species Jinogondolella nanginkensis first appear. The Kungurian contains three conodont biozones : The Kungurian is the last stage in which many Permo-Carboniferous clades of vertebrates ( Seymouria , ophiacodontids , edaphosaurids , etc.) occur in

4032-413: Was present or absent, his existence could raise problems at her very coronation. His intervention in government affairs at some later point could hardly be prevented, especially since Catherine had a daughter by him. In that event, since he was ruling prince of ancient lineage with years of experience, he would not be as amenable to the council's advice as a Russian princess. Also, the fact that Catherine had

4096-466: Was undoubtedly severe and became at last universally unpopular. Within Russia Anna's reign is often referred to as a "dark era". The issue with her reign derives from her personality flaws. Even considering the need of Russian rulers to avoid displays of weakness, Anna's rule involved questionable actions towards her subjects. She was known to enjoy hunting animals from the palace windows and, on more than

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