Bayan mutuwar Catherine I a shekara ta 1727 ya sanya matsayinsa ya zama mai wahala, yayin da ikon ya koma hannun Alexander Menshikov, wanda ke son ya auri saurayi sarki, Peter II, ga 'yarsa, Maria Menshikov. Rikici tsakanin Duke da Menshikov ya haifar da janyewar tsohon zuwa Holstein a ranar 25 ga Yuli 1727. Tambaya: Wanene ya gaji Catherine I a matsayin sarkin Rasha?
Alexander Menshikov