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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Reports from Russia: Emperor Paul suspends troop levies for three years across his dominions. The Empress pays homage to her husband as the new Emperor immediately after Catherine's death, leading the guards in swearing allegiance.
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The Emperor Paul has suspended the levy of troops for three years, throughout his dominions.
The present Empress of Russia is said to have been the first who did homage to the new Emperor her husband. As soon as Catharine was dead, she appeared on the parade, amidst the imperial guards, saying, that, as the first subject of Russia, she thought it her duty to be the first to swear allegiance to her sovereign—upon which all the soldiers exclaimed "Long live the Emperor, Paul Petrowitsch!"
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suspension of troop levies for three years; empress and guards swear allegiance to the new emperor.
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Emperor Paul suspends the levy of troops for three years throughout his dominions. The present Empress of Russia was the first to pay homage to her husband, the new Emperor, appearing on parade among the imperial guards immediately after Catherine's death and declaring her duty as the first subject to swear allegiance, prompting the soldiers to exclaim 'Long live the Emperor, Paul Petrowitsch!'