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| | Catherine II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Six months after her ascension to the throne, on July 17, 1762, Peter III was killed by Alexei Orlov (younger brother to Gregory Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup) in what was supposed to have been an accidental killing, the result of Alexei's overindulgence in vodka. | | | The victories allowed Russia to obtain access to the Black Sea and to incorporate vast steppes of what is now South Ukraine, where the new cities of Odessa, Nikolayev, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kherson were founded. | | | Manisfesto of the Empress Catherine II, inviting foreign immigration |
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| | CATHERINE II. - LoveToKnow Article on CATHERINE II. |
| | The mere fa~ct that Catherine II., a small German princess without hereditary claim to the throne, ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 amid the loyalty of the great mass of the people, and the respect and admiration of her neighbors, is sufficient proof of the force of her character. | | | When Catherine found herself opposed by the policy of France and England, and threatened by the jealousy of Prussia and Austria, she dropped the Greek design, observing to Voltaire that the descendants of the Spartans were much degenerated. | | | She formed a corps of Greek cadets, caused her younger grandson to be christened Constantine, and began the policy of presenting Russia to the Christian subjects of the Porte as their deliverer. |
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| | Catherine II of RussiaCatherine II, the Great, was a German princess who married the Russian heir to the crown. | | | In 1781, 1,300 Estonia-Swedes of the island of Hiiumaa (''Dag?'') were forced to move to Ukraine by Catherine II of RussiaCatherine II of Russia, where they formed ''Gammalsvenskby'' (Old Swedish Village). | | | Finding him an incompetent moron, Catherine tacitly consented to his murder. |
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| | Catherine II |
| | THE DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II: Appreciation; He was simply the world's most charismatic Christian; The Pope's death brings to an end a long ministry fighting for human rights and his uncompromising but compassionate beliefs. | | | Catherine II: Reign - Reign Catherine began her rule with great projects of reform. | | | Catherine II: Bibliography - Bibliography See biographies by H. Troyat (1984) and J. Alexander (1989); study by I. Catherine II: Rise to Power - Rise to Power A German princess, the daughter of Christian Augustus, prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, she... |
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