Talk:Elizabeth of Russia

message: In the introductory paragraphs, "abstinence" from executing people is not the proper choice of words since it indicates a denial of personal appetites (in modern usage it is almost always sexual abstinence).  I recommend changing this word choice to something like moderation, restraint, refusal, or temperance.
152.3.68.83 (talk) 17:24, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have specified the dates as of Gregorian or Julian calendar dates as far as I can, but for some dates, I am not sure yet.--Jusjih 03:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I just saw a documentary on Catherine the Great on PBS in the USA where i learned that Elizabeth would have a weekly ball where the guests were to dress as a member of the opposite sex; the men hated that, and "The Tsarina's outfit fitted her remarkably well" (http://www.collider.com/dvd/archive_detail.asp?aid=2268&cid=3&tcid=3) --Jerome Potts 07:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm.... that's why she patronized Chevalier d'Eon... :) --Ghirla -трёп- 14:54, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: "as beautiful" by whose opinion?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.130.142.29 (talk) 08:16, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  no reference 

message: Although I don't know either way on the statement, I find it rather farfetched to claim that zero persons were executed during a span of over twenty years.  Could someone provide documentation?  Nyttend 21:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't provide documentation. But I read somewhere that although she didn't execute people, she's not above cutting tongues, limbs or something else. As long as that person not dead. Or even exile to Siberia (a favourite pastime of the Tsars) Rad vsovereign 03:23, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why was Elisabeth so loved by the average people? 

message: The tone of the article is excessively laudatory. More encyclopedic and less glowing language is needed. Kerowyn  Leave a note  05:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup -tone 

message: This article is full of adjectives and opinions that are not backed up by any kind of reference.  The language is not appropriate for Wikipedia- not how we write things. IceDragon64 (talk) 22:08, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not Encyclopedic 

message: This article gives 2 different dates for her death, which one is correct? 209.51.65.162 (talk) 18:19, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  2 Different Death Dates 

message: Please discuss your edits and references---- Work permit (talk) 02:52, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attempted edits by ip 

message: Hugely overlooked (or suppressed) 104.169.21.247 (talk) 17:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  nothing mentioned of her policies during the Siberian conquest 

message: After the account of the coup, the article says, "Elizabeth had vowed that if she became Empress, *she would not sign a single death sentence*, an extraordinary promise at the time but one that she kept throughout her life." 2 paragraphs later, discussing an apparent plot to restore Ivan VI, the article says, "Ivan Lopukhin was overheard and tortured for information, with *all of those implicated sentenced to death* except for the women. 
I can think of several possible explanations, but it does need sorting out. Jorvikian (talk) 13:02, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apparent contradiction over death sentences 

message: We now have a DAB at the above title, which is someplace problematic as it might be argued that none of its entries are technically valid targets, so we've ended up with something of an indirection for each.  And not even the "see also" gets here, as it lists just Queen Lizzes, not Tsarinas.  How often is this subject described as 'Elizabeth the Great'?  Should it be mentioned here?  Should the DAB have such an entry?  109.255.211.6 (talk) 00:28, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: A short search in Google, Google Books and Google Scholar only shows results of Elizabeth I of the UK. Thinker78 (talk) 16:28, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: If it's going to be a redirect, I'd certainly point it to Liz1.  But that's not ideal according to WP:R#ASTONISH, and there are certainly references to Liz2 as such, albeit these may prove to be WP:RECENTISM.  Here's a couple of references to this subject as such:  http://hermitage-magazine.ru/articles/peter-the-great-and-the-dutch-influence-on-russian-medicine/  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338078577_The_development_of_Russian_Medicine_in_the_Petrine_era_and_the_role_of_Dutch_doctors_in_this_process  Quality not vouched for.  109.255.211.6 (talk) 18:40, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Elizabeth the Great]]? 

message: The second photograph is Catherine 2nd  not  Empress Elizabeth. Catherine great 
died of stroke and empress Elizabeth died of kidney stones. 2600:1700:EBE0:2EB0:F9E7:CC7A:1B44:1339 (talk) 20:58, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  The second photograph is Catherine 2nd  not  Empress Elizabeth. Catherine died of stroke and empress Elizabeth died of kidney stones.