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    Catherine II (born Princess Sophie Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was...
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    after the reign of the flamboyant and powerful Empress Catherine II of Russia, whose long rule led to the modernisation of the Russian Empire, many urban...
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    July] 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great). He was born...
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    Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Екатерина Павловна; 21 May [O.S. 10 May] 1788 – 9 January 1819) was Queen of Württemberg from 30 October 1816 until...
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    Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, romanized: Ekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Polish: Marta Helena...
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    Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, romanized: Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April 1818 – 13...
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    daughter of Tsar Peter the Great), and his wife Catherine II, born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, daughter of a minor German prince, who married into the Russian Romanov...
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  • Young Catherine is a 1991 British TV miniseries based on the early life of Catherine II of Russia. Directed by Michael Anderson, it stars Julia Ormond...
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    II Alexeyevich (23 October 1715 – 30 January 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14. He was the only son of Tsarevich...
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  • Catherine of Russia can refer to: Catherine I of Russia (1684–1727), second wife of Peter the Great Catherine II of Russia (1729–1796), called Catherine...
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    Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (20 October 1691 – 14 June 1733) was a daughter of Tsar Ivan V and Praskovia Saltykova, eldest sister of Empress Anna of...
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    The Crimean journey of Catherine the Great (Russian: Путешествие Екатерины II в Крым), also known as Таврический вояж (Taurida Voyage) at the time, was...
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    a Russian aristocrat and the daughter of Prince Michael Dolgorukov and Vera Vishnevskaya. Catherine was a long-time mistress of Tsar Alexander II and...
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  • Catherine the Great is a 1995 television movie based on the life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine, Jeanne Moreau as...
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    Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (category Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences)
    Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Henry of Prussia, Catherine II of Russia, Leopold II, Holy...
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    Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Великая Княжна Екатерина Михайловна) (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), was the third of five daughters of Grand...
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    invited by Catherine II of Russia to become the imperial historiographer, but Catherine was displeased by his manners and dismissed him. Son of Jean-Baptiste...
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    Instruction, of Catherine the Great (Russian: Наказ Екатерины II Комиссии о составлении проекта нового Уложения, transliteration: Nakaz Jekateriny II Komissiji...
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    of Russia (Russian: Великий князь Николай Николаевич; 8 August 1831 – 25 April 1891) was the third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and...
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  • Catherine II may refer to: Catherine the Great, 1729–1796, empress of Russia Catherine of Valois (1303–1346), titular empress of Constantinople Catherine...
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    Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (UK: /dəˈnɜːv/, US: /dəˈnʊv/, French: [katʁin dənœv] ), is...
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    History of Russia (1721–96) is the history of Russia during the Era of Russian palace revolutions and the Age of Catherine the Great. It began with creation...
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    Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress...
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    Pallas Athena (Rembrandt) (category Paintings of Athena)
    the theory that he based it on Titus' appearance in the parade. Catherine II of Russia bought the painting from count Baudouin in Paris in 1781 via Melchior...
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    the reign of the Qianlong Emperor of Qing China Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin (died 1791) was the lover of the Empress Catherine II of Russia for two years...
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    January] 1795 – 1 March 1865) was Queen of the Netherlands by marriage to King William II of the Netherlands. She was a Russian patriot who upheld a strict royal...
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    child of the future Catherine I of Russia and Peter the Great. Although Anna was the fourth child and second daughter born to the couple, none of her older...
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    lover of Empress Catherine II of Russia had simulated villages built on the path that the Empress was travelling to impress her with the prosperity of that...
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  • Catherine II of Russia's reign, from 1764, two years after taking power, until her death in 1796. Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great, the Empress of...
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    Alexander I. Zoé Oldenbourg: Katharina II. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Duchess of Mecklenburg. Monument to Elena Pavlovna...
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