The death of Peter the Great, the lack of an heir appointed by him led to a series of palace coups in Russia in the 18th century. But maybe the tsar still managed to transfer the Russian throne and bequeath supreme power, but his will was prevented
In 1722, Tsar Peter I adopted a decree on succession to the throne, which changed the order of transfer of supreme power in the country. From now on, any person could become the heir to the throne by the will of the monarch. The reason for the king's adoption of such a decree was the lack of male heirs at that time.
Two years later, in 1724, Peter crowned his wife Catherine as Empress, confirming that she would become the heir to the throne after his death. But the emperor’s plans are ruined by the adultery of his wife, whom the king learns about in the same year.
Peter again faces the choice of heir to the throne.
In January 1725, the emperor dies. Before dying, he asks for a piece of paper with a pen and writes, "Give everything
Official sources say that apart from these two words there were others, but they could not be made out. Strange, isn't it, two words are clear, the rest are not. Or maybe they weren’t dismantled on purpose. Perhaps the paper contained the name of Peter Alekseevich, the grandson of Peter I, whose heir did not want to see either Catherine or her closest associates, headed by Peter's associate - Prince A.D. Menshikov.
The words themselves, “Give it all, ” seem strange too. What did Peter mean by the word "everything" - power, a throne, or something else.
Maybe with this paper, the emperor, as husband and father, bequeathed only his property to his wife and daughters Anna and Elizabeth, and he had made a testament of succession to the throne, since Peter's illness was not sudden, and he realized that he would die soon, and therefore, with the appointment of the heir, hurry.
Indeed, to this day there is still a version that the king before his death nevertheless appointed himself a successor, having made a will about it, but it somehow disappeared.
Whatever it was, but the absence for some reason of the emperor’s last will led to a palace coup and the coming to power of Peter's wife, Catherine.
