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Natalia Petrovna

Saint Petersburg, 1718 – Saint Petersburg, 1725

10 facts2 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born1718, Saint PetersburgRecords disagree1 source
  • Died1725, Saint PetersburgRecords disagree1 source
  • FatherPeter the Greatnot verified1 source
  • MotherCatherine I of Russianot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1718

    Born in Saint Petersburg

  2. 1725

    Dies in Saint Petersburg

Family

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Parents

During her lifetime

She lived through 2 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Saint Petersburg.

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The 1710s · Natalia is born in Saint Petersburg

In the news1718–1722

Creation of police offices in 1718

The Russian state established police chief offices in 1718 in St. Petersburg and 1722 in Moscow, tasking them with regulating urban daily life, including sanitation, fire safety, and street behavior.

Getting around

The postal relay and private travel systems

Travelers often used the postal relay system, which required an official document called a podorozhnaya to secure fresh horses at relay stations. Private travel using one's own horses was also common but required frequent stops to rest the animals.

At the table

Summer beer storage method

To keep beer fresh during the hot summer, people built ice cellars without roofs, layering barrels with snow and ice, then covering them with straw and boards.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

What people wore

Fines for traditional Russian clothing

People wearing traditional Russian clothing in public faced a fine of 13 altyn and 2 denga for pedestrians and 2 rubles for those on horseback.

Music

Instruments and singing in royal life

Military and celebratory music frequently featured brass and percussion, such as trumpets, drums, and oboes, which were played during formal processions and ceremonial toasts. Peter the Great himself was known to play the drum and would occasionally sing with church choristers during services.

Daily life

Traditional Izba Dwellings

Ordinary Russian homes, known as izbas, were log cabins with shuttered windows often covered with bull's bladder instead of glass, and they relied on splinter torches for lighting.