Catherine II or Catherine the Great,1729–96, czarina of Russia (1762–96).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
Related content from HighBeam Research on: Catherine II
Perilous royal biography: representations of Catherine II immediately after her seizure of the throne. (Biography)
Chenal Abode II.(Real Deals: A Look at Important Real Estate Transactions)(Stanley and Catherine Payne bought a house from M&M Custom Builders Inc.)(Brief article) (Arkansas Business)
Thomas Banks's missing 'Cupid': the sculptor Thomas Banks is currently the subject of an exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum. Its curator, Julius Bryant, tells the story of one of Banks's most celebrated works, purchased by Catherine the Great, which vanished during World War II. (Apollo)
Catherine the great--enlightened empress? Simon Henderson places a key figure into the context of modern Russian history.(Profiles in Power) (History Review)
Catherine the great: a personal view.(Critical Essay) (History Today)
Catherine de Medici: a Biography.(Book Review) (History Today)
Catherine the Great and French philosophers of the Enlightenment; Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot and Grim.(Brief Article)(Book Review) (Reference & Research Book News)
From France to London via Saint Petersburg. (Report from Europe).(Catherine the Great's collection of French art)(Brief Article) (The Magazine Antiques)
Love & Conquest: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin (Canadian Slavonic Papers)
Catherine F Siengsukon.(Recipients in the News)(Brief article) (Physical Therapy)
Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
