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The Empress Elizabeth I was adept at choosing capable and intelligent ministers, who initiated important economic reforms and founded Moscow University in 1755. Her armies crushed the supposed superior forces of Frederick the Great in the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Many of the measures enacted in the early years of the reign of Catherine the Great were prepared under Elizabeth.
Silver ruble from 1759, crown commemorative of the victory of Elizabeth over Frederick the Great of Prussia, at the Battle of Kunersdorf, during the Seven Years War.
Collection of Coins and Medals, Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.299
1749 one-half silver ruble, obverse side, with the Romanov double-eagle.
Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.298
Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.300
Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.301
Mortuary piece of 1761, on the occasion of the death of Empress Elizabeth, 25 December 1761 (Old Style Calendar).
Collection of Coins and Medals
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of Rev. William H. Owen
2001.87.340