They offered the throne to Anna hoping that she would feel indebted for her unexpected fortune and remain a figurehead at best and malleable at worst.
She restored the court in St.
Petersburg took place, including cobbling and the building of stone structures.
Loaded rifles stood in all palace rooms so that the Empress could shoot at birds flying past the windows.
However, his son Mikhail brilliantly completed the work, and on the night of 25 November 1735, 202 tonnes of bronze were successfully poured into the bell mould in just 36 minutes.
Accordingly, they informed her that the throne would be hers if she agreed to certain conditions that would, in effect, transfer power from the ruler to the Council.