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Menschikoff, Alexander Danilovitch

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Menschikoff, Alexander Sergeievitch
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Russian soldier and statesman, born in humble life at Moscow; became servant to Lefort, on whose death he succeeded him as favourite of Peter the Great, whom he accompanied to Holland and England; in the Swedish War (1702-1713) he won renown, and was created field-marshal on the field of Pultowa; he introduced to the Czar Catharine, afterwards czarina, whom he captured at Marienburg, and when Peter died secured the throne for her; during her reign and her successor's he governed Russia, but his ambition led the nobles to banish him to Siberia 1727 (1672-1729).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Menschikoff, Alexander Danilovitch'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/menschikoff-alexander-danilovitch.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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