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[[File:Imperial Monogram of Tsar Paul I of Russia.svg|thumb|120px|Imperial Monogram]]
The army, then [[Persian Expedition of 1796|poised to attack Persia]] in accordance with Catherine's last design, was recalled to the capital within one month of Paul's accession. In a remarkable poem, the Russian court poet [[Gavrila Derzhavin|Derzhavin]] commented bitterly on the inglorious return from that expedition of its commander Count [[Valerian Zubov
Upon his death in 1762, Peter III had been buried without any honors in the [[Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra|Annunciation Church]]{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} at the [[Alexander Nevsky Monastery]] in [[St. Petersburg]]. Immediately after the death of his mother, Paul ordered his father's remains transferred, first to the church in the [[Winter Palace]] and then to the [[Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg]], the burial site of the Romanovs.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} 60-year-old Count Alexei Orlov, who had played a role in deposing Peter III and possibly also in his death, was made to walk in the funeral cortege, holding the Imperial Crown of Russia as he walked in front of Peter's coffin.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Peter III had never been crowned so at the time of his reburial, Paul personally performed the ritual of coronation on his remains.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Paul responded to the rumour of his illegitimacy by parading his descent from Peter the Great. The inscription on the [[Monument to Peter I (St. Michael's Castle)|monument to the first Emperor of Russia]] near the [[St. Michael's Castle]] reads in Russian "''To the Great-Grandfather from the Great-Grandson''". This is an allusion to the [[Latin]] "PETRO PRIMO CATHARINA SECUNDA", the dedication by Catherine on the '[[Bronze Horseman]]' statue of Peter the Great.
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