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Catherine the Great - Not Quite Catherine Yet
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Before she became Catherine the Great, legendary empress of Russia, she was a smart but lonely girl named Sophia. Her mother ignored her until family connections proposed a marriage .. show full overview
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Catherine the Great - Not Quite Empress Yet
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Sophia's excitement to meet her future husband deflated when she realized Peter III was a boor who cared nothing about Russia. By contrast, she threw herself into learning the culture .. show full overview
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Catherine the Great - Empress Catherine at Last
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When the conspiracy to seat Catherine on the throne of Russia was exposed, she had to move quickly. While Peter III blundered through a day of miscommunications, Catherine swiftly seized .. show full overview
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Catherine the Great - Reforms, Rebellion, and Greatness
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Catherine had great ambitions to reform Russia according to her own highest ideals, but she soon found that the reality of governance made those ideals difficult to achieve. She also .. show full overview
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Catherine the Great - Potemkin, Catherine's General, Advisor, and Lover
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Catherine had many lovers during her life, but perhaps none meant so much to her as Grigory Potemkin. Although their romance did not last a lifetime, it did form the basis of a working relationship that would change the face (and future) of Europe.
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Catherine the Great - Succession
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The optimism that marked Catherine the Great's early years turned on its head. She oversaw the partition and final dissolution of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. She also alienated .. show full overview

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