Peter A. II

(1715-1730) - the Emperor of Russia (1727-1730). The son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and Princess Sophia Charlotte Wolfenbiittel. In the initial period of the reign of power was virtually a. D. Menshikov, made a bet on the marriage of the emperor with his daughter. However, after the fall of Menshikov, Peter II was greatly influenced by the old boyar aristocracy. Returning from a cloistered her grandmother Evdokia Lopukhin and close to her people. Declared himself opposed to reforms of Peter I and has taken steps to curtail their. Influenced Dolgorukov, was going to marry Princess E. A. Dolgorukova. However, in the midst of preparations for the coronation and the marriage fell ill and died. With his death, born of the Romanovs in the men's knee stopped.