The Russian empress Catherine II (1729-1796), known as Catherine the Great, reigned from 1762 to 1796. She expanded the Russian Empire, improved administration, and vigorously pursued the policy of We...
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It is difficult to define Catherine the Great's place in literature because a long and controversial career made her into a "world-historical" figure who still seems larger than life. In ruling the im...
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Catherine II, the Great Enlightened Absolutist
Through out the 18th century, Europe experienced a very important movement, which is known as the Enlightenment. Inspired from the Scientific Revoluti...
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In a time where ideas and thoughts spread rapidly, the high and middle class people, began to question its world and the ways of thinking. They had always been followers but the leaders of a new age...
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Catherine the Great was born into the royal German house of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was selected by the Russian Empress Elisabeth to be the wife of the Russian prince Grand Duke Peter at ...
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The real figure and story of Catherine the Great and Peter the Third has been overlaid by gilt and varnish much like the church mural paintings of old. Some of the true story would be uncovered, while...
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Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great
