Catherine of Russia information

rest of Europe and with the recognition of Russia as one of the great powers of Europe. In her accession to power and her rule of the empire, Catherine often...

Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Russian: Екатери́на I Алексе́евна Миха́йлова, tr. Ekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Polish: Marta Helena Skowrońska...

Catherine of Russia can refer to: Catherine I of Russia (1684–1727), second wife of Peter the Great Catherine II of Russia (1729–1796), called Catherine...

after the reign of the flamboyant and powerful Empress Catherine II of Russia, whose long rule led to the modernisation of the Russian Empire, many urban...

Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (20 October 1691 – 14 June 1733) was a daughter of Tsar Ivan V and Praskovia Saltykova, eldest sister of Empress Anna of...

Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Екатерина Павловна; 21 May [O.S. 10 May] 1788 – 9 January 1819) was Queen of Württemberg from 30 October 1816 until...

Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (Russian: Княжна Екатери́на Ива́нновна; 12 July 1915 (O.S.) – 13 March 2007) was a great-great-granddaughter of Tsar...

Tsarevna Catherine Alekseyevna (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна; 27 November 1658 - 1 May 1718) was the fifth daughter of Tsar Alexis of Russia and Maria...

The following is a family tree of the monarchs of Russia. Rulers of Russia family trees Войтович, Леонтій Вікторович (1992). Генеалогія Рюриковичів і...

July] 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great). He was...

1922) was a Russian aristocrat and the daughter of Prince Michael Dolgorukov and Vera Vishnevskaya. Catherine was a long-time mistress of Tsar Alexander...

30°23′44″E / 59.71611°N 30.39556°E / 59.71611; 30.39556 The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets) is...

Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (Russian: Великая Княжна Екатерина Михайловна) (28 August 1827 – 12 May 1894), was the third of five daughters of Grand...

daughter of Tsar Peter the Great), and his wife Catherine II, born Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, daughter of a minor German prince, who married into the Russian Romanov...

child of the future Catherine I of Russia and Peter the Great. Although Anna was the fourth child and second daughter born to the couple, none of her older...

Kingdom of Prussia by pro-Prussian Peter III of Russia. Catherine II ("the Great"), who ruled in 1762–1796, presided over the Russian Age of Enlightenment...

half-brother Alexei's death in 1718. The throne first passed to her mother Catherine I of Russia (r. 1725–1727), then to her nephew Peter II, who died in 1730 and...

rationalist, and Western-oriented system. Catherine II (r. 1762–1796) presided over further expansion of the Russian state by conquest, colonization, and diplomacy...

priest. By 1798, Catherine lived alone in Horsens, since all her siblings had died. In 1803, she wrote a letter to Alexander I of Russia: she told him how...

sole ruler of Russia.[citation needed] Although Anna was the fourth child of her parents, she had only one surviving elder sister, Catherine, and one younger...

Orthodoxy in 1703, and took the new name Catherine Alexeyevna (Yekaterina Alexeyevna). "Catherine I empress of Russia". Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica...

reforms of Catherine the Great. While cultural westernization was mostly superficial and restricted to court, it coincided with the efforts of Russian autocrats...

Thirteen Colonies and the Kingdom of Great Britain. Prior to the onset of the war, the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great had already begun exploration...

Catherine Bartho was born in Russia and trained as a ballerina under Signor Cichette in St Petersburg. She is reputed to be the first Russian ballerina...