1741 in Russia

Events from the year 1741 in Russia were dominated by a dramatic change in leadership, as Elizabeth Petrovna deposed the infant Emperor Ivan VI and his regent, Anna Leopoldovna, in a bloodless palace coup, and by the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743).

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