and Vasilchikov 232
and Potemkin 236, 238
dismissal 253, 254, 255, 266
death 266
Panin, General Peter 169, 197, 236
Paoli, General Pasquale 196
Pargolovo estate 113
Paris 250, 254, 261, 291, 308, 326
Parkinson, John 299, 307, 314, 317, 321
‘Note on Lanskoy’ 267
Pashkevich, Vasily:
Passek, Peter 123, 124, 125, 140, 141, 319
Paton, Richard 334
Patriot Party 301
patronage 14, 121, 261, 310, 331, 334
Paul I, Tsar of Russia 143, 161, 268, 294
birth 91–2
early upbringing 92, 105
question of his paternity 92, 331
appearance 92, 111
health 11, 108, 126, 208, 218
C expected to rule as regent for him 12
debut on the dance floor 111–12
education 12, 113, 152, 197
and C’s coup 123
and C’s coronation 15, 20
visits the reconstructed Winter Palace 136, 137
lifelong delight in French comedies 146
birthday 148, 219, 222
name day 169–70, 268
and the Cathedral of St Isaac 180
smallpox inoculation 190
popularity in Moscow 215
plot to enthrone him 217
resentment of C’s treatment of Peter III 218
improved relations with C 218–19
Saldern’s plan 219
the search for a bride 219–20
marriage to Natalia Alekseyevna 221–2, 233
death of Natalia 244, 245
marriage to Maria Fedorovna 245–6
Grand Tour 253
in Vienna 254
inadvertently snubs Clerisseau 261
and Freemasonry 276, 308
consequences of Russia joining the anti-French coalition 302
waits impatiently in the wings 306
deeply in debt 308
death of C 315
military ethos 316, 320
the succession 316–17
alienates the elite 320
assassinated 321, 323
Pauzie, Geremie 19, 111, 116
Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Anna 313
Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Maria (Princess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) 332
Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Olga 313
Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Yelena 313, 328
Pavlovsk Palace 259–60
Pella Palace 275
Penza 236
Perekusikhina, Maria 268, 274, 322, 327
Pereyaslavl 151
Peter I the Great, Tsar of Russia 13, 35, 40, 62, 83, 93, 115, 139, 184, 234, 255, 314, 322, 330, 335
born on St Isaac’s feast day 179
his play regiments 46
installed as de facto sole ruler 12
and St Petersburg 41, 42, 44, 45
in the Great Northern War 9, 288
Table of Ranks (1722) 15
succession law (1722) 316
crowns his second wife (1724) 5
and the Dormition Cathedral 16
Russian orders of chivalry 18
introduces women to Russian public society 71
reforms 75
‘emancipation’ of the nobility (1762) 118, 271
envisaged comprehensive code 157
death (1725) 43
statue commissioned by C 181, 204, 257
his ‘little boat’ displayed 204
and St Alexander Nevsky 246
single most powerful symbol of Russia’s superhuman potential 257
portraits of 331
and C’s attempts to legitimise her reign 334
Peter III, Tsar of Russia 16, 17, 22, 36, 47, 49, 73, 195, 215, 296, 320, 332
Elizabeth declares him her heir 35
education 63–4
sixteenth birthday 46, 48
engaged to C 10, 52
first serious argument with Johanna Elisabeth 53
health 54–6, 58, 63, 124
appearance 56
marries C (1745) 56–63
birthday 77, 118
name day 77, 112, 123
puerile behaviour 79, 117
question of Paul’s paternity 92
relationship with Elizabeth Vorontsova 92, 104, 115, 124
