The reign of Elizabeth went down in history as the time of balls, parties, luxury and peace-loving policy. I am going to tell you some interesting facts about her life.
Queen of the balls
The future empress was born in the Moscow village of Kolomenskoye exactly at that time when Peter the Great was going to celebrate victory in the Battle of Poltava in a magnificent way. When Peter received a letter with the news of his daughter`s birth, he ordered to postpone the celebrations on the occasion of the victory and hurried to congratulate his daughter on her coming to this world.
When Elizabeth was 33, she made a palace coup, the most silent and bloodless in the history of Russia, she took the throne, taking the place of Ivan VI - the young Russian emperor.
She became one of the first women in Russian history to wear a men's suit and loved all kinds of dressing up.
Upturned nose and red hair
Elizabeth was considered a real beauty despite the upturned nose and red hair. Actually, under pain of the most severe punishments, the artists were forbidden to paint the empress in profile, and were allowed to depict her only in full face - from this perspective she was really beautiful.
The Empress loved good jokes, beautiful dresses and dances, and spoke fluently Italian and French as well.
Elizabeth enjoyed herself tirelessly, did not have a clear daily routine, got up and went to bed when she wanted, spent a lot of time outdoors, engaged in horse riding and boating. Sometimes she was very extravagant. For example, one day she ordered all the court ladies to cut their hair off and wear black wigs until the hair grows again. The sign of special favor was the honor of scratching Elizabeth's heels before going to bed. Until her death, Elizabeth had a passion for entertainment and balls despite she could not take an active part in them because of her big weigh. After her death was found more than fifteen thousand dresses in her wardrobe, most of which she had never worn.