Catherine II

noun

1. Sophia Augusta of Anhalt-ZerbstCatherine the Great, 1729–96, empress of Russia 1762–96.

Catherine II

noun

1. Catherine II17291796FRussianGermanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as Catherine the Great. 1729–96, empress of Russia (1762–96), during whose reign Russia extended her boundaries at the expense of Turkey, Sweden, and Poland: she was a patron of literature and the arts

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Tchaikovsky was always deeply interested in his countrys past, especially in the period of Catherine II.

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We reproduce an illustration (p. 233) of two painted queen's-ware plates from the celebrated service executed for Catherine II.

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These energetic measures proved as ineffectual as the spiritual exhortations; and Catherine II.

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The palace is in ruins though it was built for Catherine II., barely sixty years ago.

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A university was afterwards established in the same city, and in the reign of Catherine II.

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