Van wie was Paolo I di Russia?

Paolo I Petrovič Romanov (in russo Павел I Петрович Романов^?; San Pietroburgo, 1º ottobre 1754 – San Pietroburgo, 23 marzo 1801) è stato imperatore di Russia dal 1796 al 1801.

Era figlio della granduchessa e poi imperatrice Caterina II e dell'imperatore Pietro III. A dire il vero questa informazione è contestata dagli storici della Russia zarista, poiché molte fonti riportano il padre di Paolo I come il duca Sergej Saltykov; successivamente sarebbe stato riconosciuto in via ufficiale da Pietro III, proprio per avere un successore. Odiava la madre e viveva nel ricordo del padre, detronizzato dalla zarina e forse assassinato.

Benché Caterina nei suoi ultimi anni avesse progettato di non farlo ascendere al trono ritenendolo inadatto, ella morì prima di escludere Paolo dalla successione. Lo zar fu assassinato dopo soli quattro anni e mezzo di regno, da un gruppo di congiurati membri dell'entourage di corte di Caterina II, che consentirono (come desiderato dall'imperatrice) l'ascesa immediata del figlio primogenito di Paolo, Alessandro I.

Мавра Исидоровна Юрьева (1780 — 1828) — камер-фрау императрицы Марии Фёдоровны.

Anna Petrovna Lopoechina (Russisch: Анна Петровна Лопухина) (?, 8 november 1777 – Turijn (Italië), 25 april 1805) was een minnares van de Russische tsaar Paul I.

Yekaterina Ivanovna Nelidova (Russian: Екатери́на Ива́новна Нели́дова; 1756–1839) was a Russian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was the royal mistress of Paul I of Russia.

Nelidova graduated from the Smolny Institute in 1776 and became a lady-in-waiting, first to Grand Duchess Natalya and then to Grand Duchess Maria alongside her friend and fellow graduate Natalya Borshchova. She had a relationship with Grand Duke Paul, the future monarch, and acted as a successful mediator between him and people he was in conflict with. Nelidova was also noted for her dramatic talents, which endeared her to the crown prince, who liked to stage operas with the participation of people he was close with.

She was an important courtier and her position also led to her relatives' acquiring positions at court. Paul's defense of Nelidova was even documented amid issues of social conformity at Catherine the Great's court. She left her position at court in 1798.

Sophia Stepanovna Razumovskaya (Russian: Софья Степановна Разумовская; née Ushakova (Ушакова); 11 September 1746 – 26 September 1803) was a Russian courtier. She served as maid of honour to empress Catherine the Great. She was married to Peter Kirillovich Razumovsky, and the mistress of Paul I of Russia prior to his marriage, with whom she had a son, Semyon Veliky (1772–1794).