person
Catherine the Great
Catherine
also: II. Katalin, Katharina die Große
Catherine II (1729–1796), Empress of Russia and one of the most powerful monarchs of the 18th century. A contemporary and correspondent of Joseph II, she pursued aggressive expansionist policies and cultivated Enlightenment philosophers while ruling with autocratic power.
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- Emperor Joseph (Apocryphal) §3 Catherine the Czarina
Catherine II (1729–1796), Empress of Russia and one of the most powerful monarchs of the 18th century. A contemporary and correspondent of Joseph II, she pursued aggressive expansionist policies and cultivated Enlightenment philosophers while ruling with autocratic power.