№ 1318. History of Russian State. The 300th anniversary of birth Ekaterina 1 Alekseevna , russian queen.

Catherine I Alekseevna (1684-1727) is the Russian Empress since 1725, Peter I second wife. Nee Martha Skavronskaya, the daughter of livisch peasant, she was born on April, 5th, 1684 in Ringen, Lifljand. In 1702 she was got to Russian captivity when Russian armies were taken Marienburg during Northern war. In 1704 she accepted Orthodoxy. In February, 1712 she married Peter I. On May, 7th, 1724 she was crowned as the Empress in Uspensky cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. In January, 1725 Ekaterina became the autocratic Empress - the first woman individually dominating in Russia after Princess Olga. The Empress died on May, 6th, 1727 in St.-Petersburg. She buried in Petropavlovskiy cathedral of Petropavlovskaya Fortress near to her husband. Souvenir sheet represents: 1. Catherine I portrait. 2. Sign and tape of award of Sacred Great martyr Ekaterina (it was established by Peter I in memory of patriotic act of his wife, which had rescued Tsar and Russian army from captivity at the time of Prutsky campaign of 1711). 3. Building of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (it was opened by Catherine I on December, 27th, 1725 according to Peter I decree).