Editing Elizabeth of Russia (section)

==Death==
In the late 1750s, Elizabeth's health started to decline. She suffered a series of [[dizzy spell]]s and refused to take the medication she had been prescribed. The Empress forbade the word "death" in her presence until she suffered a stroke on 24 December 1761 (O.S.).{{Sfn|Antonov|2006|p=109}} Knowing that she was dying, Elizabeth used her last remaining strength to make her confession, to recite with her confessor the prayer for the dying, and to say farewell to the few people who wished to be with her, including [[Peter III of Russia|Peter]] and [[Catherine the Great|Catherine]] and Counts [[Alexei Razumovsky|Alexei]] and [[Kirill Razumovsky]].{{sfn|Sebag Montefiore|2016|p=193}}

The Empress died the next day, [[Eastern Orthodox|Orthodox]] Christmas, 1761.{{sfn|Sebag Montefiore|2016|p=193}} For her [[lying in state]], she was dressed in a shimmering silver dress. It was said that she was beautiful in death as she had been in life. She was buried in the [[Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg|Peter and Paul Cathedral]] in Saint Petersburg on 3 February 1762 (O.S.) six weeks after her lying in state.{{sfn|Antonov|2006|p=109}}