Anna Ivanovna Kramer (1694-1770), was a Russian court official. She was the daughter of a merchant in

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, and was sent to Siberia as a prisoner of war after the Siege of Narva (1704) during the

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. She was introduced to the Imperial Russian court by Apraksin, and became favored by Peter the Great and

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, who appointed her lady-in-waiting and chief of the household of

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. In 1716, she accompanied them on their European journey. The emperor gave her the task to arrange the burial of the murdered

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. She returned to Narva after the death of Tsarevna Natalia Alexeyevna. She was granted the monopoly of selling timber from the forests around Narva, and became a successful merchant who exported 27 000 timbers annually.

References

Словник: Кнаппе — Кюхельбекер. Источник: т. 9 (1903): Кнаппе — Кюхельбекер, с. 404—405
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