On this day in 1762, Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia. Also on July 17, her dynasty ended with the mass execution of the Romanov family in 1918.

Learn about the legacy of Russia’s revolutionary history as it manifested in the poetry of Anna Akhmatova.

Today is July 17, 2020.

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