It's no secret that 1741 is the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth.To achieve this, she was ready to just walk over.She took advantage of Ivan VI's minority and imprisoned him in the fortress.
Thus, Queen Elizabeth had absolute power, she began a close celebrating her soul and I can even say cheeky life.The latter characteristic is due to its lightheadedness when choosing a spouse.According to her whims, the Ukrainian Cossacks began to spouse of the queen, and in secret.Such an act already creates a good ground for reduction of confidence in this person.
During his reign of Elizabeth, whose reign was not quite legitimate, was forced to decide to return to the method of management of the country of Peter the Great.A significant role in the development of the state and played Count Shuvalov.It is thanks to him the reign of Elizabeth was associated with the abolition of customs in the country.
It is also considered the founder of creating the first banks in Russia.But that's not all, because it is the reign of Elizabeth is due to the numerous reforms in taxation, as well as striking a jerk in the development of heavy industry.
All the reforms that have taken place in this period, positive impact on the overall situation in the country.Perhaps the development would be transferred to a higher level, but it slowed down the Seven Years War.
With regard to foreign policy, the reign of Elizabeth has made a considerable contribution to its development.During this period, it signed a peace treaty with the Swedes.Abosskim called.But because of the desire to Bestuzhev-Ryumin to improve relations with Austria, Russia became a member of the Seven Years' War, and let it showed good results and won many battles on the welfare of the country is affected adversely.
With regard to personal characteristics, the queen, despite some shortcomings, had many advantages.These include her mind, who helped choose the right tactics in a real situation.In addition, she perfectly knew how to behave with the court personages.But all her positive qualities were applied only at the household level, and on the affairs of state are not distributed.In this regard, if necessary, make a decision, she would simply put off, or passed on to his trusted.
worth noting another important feature that influenced the reign of Elizabeth.During this period there was no death penalty.The thing is, that the queen was deeply religious, and gave a special vow by which save the lives of many people.
If we consider this period nationwide, we can note a certain stability and economic growth, improvement of products belonging to the state power in Russia.It is thanks to a correct understanding of the situation on the part of Elizabeth, Peter's reforms were continued, and her reign was not detrimental to the state as a whole.
