Catherine II

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noun

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

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Catherine II British  

noun

1. 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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Catherine II

He acknowledged during a news conference aboard the papal airplane that his reference to Russia’s imperial leaders Peter the Great and Catherine II was “perhaps not happy.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

"Hearing the pope of Rome, in this delicate moment in history, praise Catherine II ... appears to many Catholics to be quite odd," said an editorial Italy's Il Sismografo website, which specialises in Catholic affairs.

From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023

Commonly known as Catherine the Great, Empress Catherine II of Russia was an “enlightened despot” whose rule remained authoritarian even as she claimed to derive her political power from the social contract.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

In Odesa, a statue of Potemkin’s lover, Empress Catherine II, is boarded over and set for removal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

The course adopted in the beginning was on all points similar to that pursued by Peter the Great and Catherine II.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de