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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Empress of Russia (1730–1740) who intervened in the War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) and attacked Turkey (1736).
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Anna Ivanovna, who built the famous ice palace in St Petersburg.
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Great especially and Anna Ivanovna treated the monks with the greatest severity.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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On his account the reign of Anna Ivanovna received the name of Bironovshshina.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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My sister is delighted with you and Anna Ivanovna, and I am inexpressibly glad of it, for I love your family like my own.
Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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Anna Ivanovna and you will enjoy it, and it will be new and interesting for the children.
Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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By the way, read Grigorovitch's letter to my enemy Anna Ivanovna.
Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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So you can tell Anna Ivanovna that poor Anton Pavlovitch, thank God! has not gone out of his mind yet, but that he eats a great deal at supper and so he dreams of monks.
Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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Anna Ivanovna is as nice as ever, Suvorin talks as incessantly as ever.
Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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Anna Ivanovna was the daughter of Peter's brother Ivan V., who was associated with him upon the throne.
A Short History of Russia Mary Platt Parmele 1877
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Tatiana Markovna and Vera intended to go to Novosselovo, and later on to visit the Vikentevs; for the summer they were invited to be the guests of Anna Ivanovna, Tushin's sister, at "Smoke."
The Precipice Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov 1851
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