dislike of Peter 36 finding wife for heir 3 2 funeral 40
holding transvestite balls 26 illness 30, 35, 37-8 lovers 25, 27, 28, 44 marriage 58, 137 in men's clothes 26, 46 seizing throne 28, 42, 47 taking Catherine's children 34, 35 vanity 26 views of Peter 36
Elisabeth II, Queen of England 382 Elisabethgrad 390, 391-2., 392, 393 Elphinstone, Admiral John 84 Emin, Mehmed 79, 80 Engelhardt, Alexandra (niece) see Branicka Engelhardt, Anna V. (niece) (later Zhukova) 186
Engelhardt, Ekaterina (niece) see
Skavronskaya Engelhardt, Lev Nikolaevich (cousin) 13,
18, 180, 259, 266, 316, 345 Engelhardt, Marfa Elena A. (sister) 18, 22, 149
Engelhardt, Nadezhda V. (niece) (later Ismailova, then Shepileva)i86, 238 Engelhardt, Tatiana V. (niece) (later Potemkina, then Princess Yusupova) 187, 192, 198, 208, 238, 252, 479, 496 Engelhardt, Varvara (niece) see Golitsyna Engelhardt, Vasily A. (brother-in-law) 18, 22, 149
Engelhardt, Vasily V. (nephew) 187, 192,
226, 366, 490 Eschenbaum 170-1, 319 Estandas, Antonio d' 289 Evrard (valet) 358П executions: in Ottoman Empire 216, 217 in Russia 133, 134-5
Fages, Vaumale de 70 Faleev, Mikhail Leontovich 265, 268, 269, 277, 278, 279, 287, 290, 397, 406, 433, 435
Fanshawe, Henry 398, 401, 403, 404, 412 faro 345-6
Fasi (jeweller) 338
Fawkener, William 293, 465, 472, 474, 476, 477,481
Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prince 394 Fidonise, 408
Fitzherbert, Alleyne (later Baron St.Helens) 190, 289, 297, 322-3, 324, 354, 355, 370, 373-4 Fitzherbert, Mrs 137 Flying Geese 201 Fokshany, Battle of 425 Four Year Sejm 396, 418, 454, 473 Fox, Charles James 242, 250, 465, 474 France:
allies in East 57 allliance with Austria 222, 252 in American War of Independence 204, 250 role as mediator 204 support from Prussia 253 support for Turkey 77, 84, 125, 218 Franco-Russian trade treaty 323-4 Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia 8, 55, 80, 99, 103, 155, 229, 345, 492 anti-Austrian League 323 colonization 280 C's hatred of 3 5 disgust with C's behaviour 100 emotional crises after battles 387 encouraging France against Russia 253 on Frederick William 228 honours given to P 128 jealousy of Russia's gains 89, 125 Joseph IPs emulation of 224, 226 meanness 205 musical ability 331 mysogyny 104 on P 104
Paul's admiration for 158 on Peter 50
Peter's admiration for 37 Peter's support for 39, 40, 41 reports made to 125, 182, 208 on Russian soldiers 78, 412 saved by death of Elisabeth 39 supporting С 57, 202-3 Frederick William, Prince (later King ) of Prussia 228, 229, 375, 403, 418, 438, 439, 441, 454, 455, 463, 464, 465 Freemasonry 208-9, 463~4 French Revolution 421, 440, 467, 471 Fyodor, Tsar 14-15
Gaks, Colonel 269-70, 282 gallows 133
gardens: English 304-6, 347, 378, 425
Garnovsky, Colonel Mikhail A. 198, 199,
293^327,380,411,415 Gaveston, Piers 28n Genghis Khan 244
Georg-Ludwig, Prince of Holstein-Gottorp
41,42, 193 George II, King of England 197 George III, King of England 68, 103, 128,
146-7, 202П, 323, 325, 495 George IV, King of England (Prince of Wales) 136
George V, King of England 498П Georgia, Kingdom of 255-6, 384 Georgievsk 291
Georgievsk, Treaty of 256, 291 Giroir, Claude 274 glagoly (gallows) 133 glass factories 300 Glinka, S.N. 258 Goebbels, Dr Josef 39П Goertz, Count J. E. von der 182, 208, 211, 228
Golavaty, Anton 393, 409 Golavaty, Pavel 9
Golenishev-Kutuzov, Mikhail see Kutuzov Golia Monastery 498, 501-2 Golitsyn, Field-Marshal Prince Alexander M. 77, 79-8o, 93, 102, 130, 136, 143, 296, 297, 312П Golitsyn, Prince A. M. (Vice-Chancellor) 50 Golitsyn, Prince Dmitri M. 154, 222 Golitsyn, Prince Grigory Sergeievich 189 Golitsyn, Prince Mikhail A. 477 Golitsyn, Prince Peter M. 128 Golitsyn, Prince S. 13 8n Golitsyn, Prince Sergei Fyodorovich (later
Field-Marshal) 188-9 Golitsyna, Princess Praskovia Andreevna
{nee Shuvalova) 477, 478П Golitsyna, Princess Varvara (niece) {nee Englehardt) 150, 185, 186, 187-9, I9°, 191, 193, 194, 238, 239 Golovina, Countess Varvara N. 430, 445, 479
Goltzwart, Katerina 419
Goncharova, Natalia 138
Gorbachev, Mikhael 29 m
Gordon Riots 174
Gothland, Battle of 403, 411
Gould, William 292, 293П, 304, 305-6, 311,
347, 353, 367, 378, 381, 42.5, 432., 468 Grand Tour 196
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, Viscount
248, 253 Grasse, Admiral Joseph de 242
Great Instruction 74
Greek Project 219-21, 225, 232, 233, 235,
240, 242-3,431 Gregoripol 281, 495
Greig, Admiral Samuel 84, 143, 398, 402, 411
Grimm, Baron Frederich Melchior 320, 398 correspondence with С 9, 66, 105, 114, 141, 145, 170-1» 2.09, 2io, 312, 313, 319, 321, 331, 344, 360, 368, 460, 467, 468, 471 introduction to С 99 Guards Regiments 29-30 Gudovich, Ivan V. 448, 449, 472, 476 Guibald, Mademoiselle 208, 342, 352 Gulesy, Elisabeth 379
Gunning, Sir Robert 69,104, no, 128,140, 147-8
Gustavus III, King of Sweden 90, 169, 204,
253,402-3,441-2,462 Guthrie, Maria 78, 271, 272, 290, 377П
Hablitz, Karl-Ludwig 233, 234, 272, 288 Habsburgs 224, 439 Haci Giray 244 Hackett (gardener) 305 Hadjibey 278, 426, 494 Hamilton, Emma, Lady 239 Hamilton, Sir William 142 Hannibal, General Abraham 16, 267 Hannibal, Ivan Abramovich 267, 268, 269, 271
Hannibal, Osip 267
Harris, Sir James, ist Earl of Malmesbury 221,229,237 advice from P 321, 345 and Benthams 297, 303 created Earl of Malmesbury 494 friendship with P 242, 250, 314, 319, 338 leaving Petersburg 250 negotiating alliance 205-8, 210-12, 230-
1, 249, 250 recommending Englishmen to P 306 reports by 168, 169, 170, 171-2, 173-4, 182-3, 184, 188, 189, 190, 196, 234, 240, 248, 250, 251, 333, 343 of bribery 210-12