1748 Copper Denga (1/2 Kopek) 24mm (5.79 grams). Marriage to a commoner was not possible as it would cost Elizabeth not only her title, but also her property rights and her claim to the throne. Eventually she consoled herself with a young Ukrainian peasant with a good bass voice ,Alexis Razumovsky, who had been brought to Saint Petersburg by a nobleman for a church choir.
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