Event Russia switches sided

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On 5 January 1762 the ailing Russian Empress Elizabeth died. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, was an ardent admirer of Frederick the Great of Prussia, and he reversed Russia's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia in March and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.

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  • May 1762: The province of East Prussia was returned by the Russians to the Kingdom of Prussia by treaty in 1762.
  • April 1762: On January 5, 1762, Russian Empress Elizabeth passed away. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, an ardent admirer of Prussian King Frederick, immediately reversed Elizabeth's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. In March, Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.
  • May 1762: The province of East Prussia was returned by the Russians to the Kingdom of Prussia by treaty in 1762.
  • April 1762: On January 5, 1762, Russian Empress Elizabeth passed away. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, an ardent admirer of Prussian King Frederick, immediately reversed Elizabeth's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. In March, Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.
  • April 1762: On January 5, 1762, Russian Empress Elizabeth passed away. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, an ardent admirer of Prussian King Frederick, immediately reversed Elizabeth's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. In March, Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.
  • July 1762: Since France had never formally declared war on Prussia, he agreed to a ceasefire with Frederick and evacuated Prussia's territories in the Rhineland, ending France's involvement in the war in Germany.
  • July 1762: Since France had never formally declared war on Prussia, he agreed to a ceasefire with Frederick and evacuated Prussia's territories in the Rhineland, ending France's involvement in the war in Germany.
  • April 1762: On January 5, 1762, Russian Empress Elizabeth passed away. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, an ardent admirer of Prussian King Frederick, immediately reversed Elizabeth's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. In March, Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.
  • May 1762: The province of East Prussia was returned by the Russians to the Kingdom of Prussia by treaty in 1762.
  • April 1762: On January 5, 1762, Russian Empress Elizabeth passed away. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, an ardent admirer of Prussian King Frederick, immediately reversed Elizabeth's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. In March, Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.
  • April 1762: On January 5, 1762, Russian Empress Elizabeth passed away. Her nephew and successor, Tsar Peter III, an ardent admirer of Prussian King Frederick, immediately reversed Elizabeth's foreign policy and ordered a ceasefire with Prussia. In March, Peter agreed to an armistice with Prussia and lifted the Russian occupation of East Prussia and Pomerania.