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After having on April 30, 1730, submitted to the
Admiralty his new proposition, together with the
accounts and reports of his first expedition, Bering was sent
to Moscow, where Anna maintained her court during the
first few years of her reign. Here he laid his plans
before the Senate, and made the map before referred to;
but all the leading men were then too much occupied
with court intrigues to be able to give his plans any of
their attention. Separated from his family, he wearied
of life in Moscow, and on January 5, 1732, the Senate
gave him leave of absence to go to St. Petersburg, on
condition that Chaplin and the steward would conclude
the reports. Moreover, the Senate ordered that the
Admiralty should pay Bering’s claims against the
government for his services. In view of the hardships he had
endured, he received 1,000 rubles, double the amount to
which he was entitled according to the regulations of the
department. Almost simultaneously he was promoted, in
regular succession, to the position of
capitain-commandeur in the Russian fleet, the next position below that of
rear-admiral.
In the spring of 1732, Anna, Biron, and Ostermann
had succeeded in crushing the Old Russian opposition.
The leaders of this party, especially the family of
Dolgoruki, had been either banished to Siberia or scattered
about in the provinces and in fortresses, and now there
was nothing to hinder the government in pursuing its
plans. As early as April 17, the Empress[1] ordered that
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