Concerned about the continuing turmoil in Russia, Euler left St. Petersburg on 19 June 1741 to take up a post at the Berlin Academy, which he had been offered by Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Znepokojovaný trvajúcim nepokojom v Rusku, opustil Euler 19. júna 1741 Petrohrad a prijal miesto v Berlínskej Akadémii, ktoré mu ponúkol pruský kráľ Fridrich Veľký.