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Author : William Tooke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1802
Category : Russia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010308786
Contains a history of Catherine II, Empress of Russia.
Author : John T. Alexander
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1989-11-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195061628
Examines all aspects of Catherine the Great's life and career, focusing on her role as mother, lover, and ruler during her reign as Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.
Author : Virginia Rounding
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429967983
Dutiful daughter, frustrated wife, passionate lover, domineering mother, doting grandmother, devoted friend, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and philosophers—the Empress Catherine II, the Great, was all these things, and more. Her reign, the longest in Russian Imperial history, lasted from 1762 until her death in 1796; during those years she built on the work begun by her most famous predecessor, Peter the Great, to establish Russia as a major European power and to transform its new capital, St Petersburg, into a city to rival Paris and London in the beauty of its architecture, the glittering splendor of its Court and the magnificence of its art collections. Yet the great Catherine was not even Russian by birth and had no legitimate claim to the Russian throne; she seized it and held on to it, through wars, rebellions and plagues, by the force of her personality, by her charm and determination, and by an unshakable belief in her own destiny. This is the story of Catherine the woman, whom power alone could never satisfy, for she also wanted love, affection, friendship and humor. She found these in letter-writing, in grandchildren, in gardens, architecture and greyhounds—as well as in a succession of lovers which gave rise to salacious rumors throughout Europe. The real Catherine, however, was more interesting than any rumor. Using many of Catherine's own words from her voluminous correspondence and other documents, as well as contemporary accounts by courtiers, ambassadors and foreign visitors, Virginia Rounding penetrates the character of this most powerful, fascinating and surprisingly sympathetic of eighteenth-century women.
Author : Vincent Cronin
Publisher : Harvill Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X004066684
Catherine the Great was one of the most remarkable women in history. Born in 1729 into the family of one of the lesser princelings of Germany, she was married to the heir to the Russian throne at the age of 16. The marriage was an unhappy one and Catherine was banished from her husband's palace but, when Peter came to the throne and was then ousted from it in the space of a few months, it was Catherine who replaced him and became Empress. She ruled her vast domain for more than thirty years, until her death in 1796, and greatly expanded its territories. In her lifetime and since she has been infamous for her intrigues, her possible involvement in political murders, including that of her dethroned husband, and her numerous love affairs. Vincent Cronin's highly readable biography sifts the facts from the legends in Catherine's extraordinary life.
Author : Jean-Henri Castéra,William Tooke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1802
Category : Russia
ISBN : UVA:X000672786
Author : Catherine the Great
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812969870
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762—96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power and for her dozen lovers, Catherine was also a prolific and gifted writer. Fluent in French, Russian, and German, Catherine published political theory, journalism, comedies, operas, and history, while writing thousands of letters as she corresponded with Voltaire and other public figures. The Memoirs of Catherine the Great provides an unparalleled window into eighteenth-century Russia and the mind of an absolute ruler. With insight, humor, and candor, Catherine presents her eyewitness account of history, from her whirlwind entry into the Russian court in 1744 at age fourteen as the intended bride of Empress Elizabeth I’s nephew, the eccentric drunkard and future Peter III, to her unhappy marriage; from her two children, several miscarriages, and her and Peter’s numerous affairs to the political maneuvering that enabled Catherine to seize the throne from him in 1762. Catherine’s eye for telling details makes for compelling reading as she describes the dramatic fall and rise of her political fortunes. This definitive new translation from the French is scrupulously faithful to her words and is the first for which translators have consulted original manuscripts written in Catherine’s own hand. It is an indispensable work for anyone interested in Catherine the Great, Russian history, or the eighteenth century.
Author : William Tooke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1800
Category : Russia
ISBN : UCSC:32106006360215
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:974300292
Author : Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (kni︠a︡gini︠a︡)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Nobility
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004658790
Author : William Tooke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1800
Category : Russia
ISBN : YALE:39002041868085
Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Hourly History
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781976378379
Catherine the Great is one of the most influential rulers in Russian history. Though born in Prussia, she endeavored to gain the throne of Russia and went on to be the longest-ruling empress in Russian history. She ruled as an enlightened despot, promoting the principles of the European Enlightenment as she sought to modernize her beloved country. She reformed the educational system of Russia, creating a national system that utilized modern educational theory in a co-educational setting. She attracted some of the most brilliant thinkers to her court and engaged their assistance in modernizing the arts and sciences as well as the Russian economic system. Because of her efforts, she ruled over what is considered the Golden Age of Russian Enlightenment. Inside you will read about... ✓ The Early Life of an Empress ✓ The Dawn of a New Era ✓ A Patron of the Arts ✓ Catherine the Warrior ✓ Catherine’s Personal Life and Death And much more! Catherine the Great counted among her successes many glorious military victories which succeeded in expanding Russia’s realm to over 200,000 square miles. She was, by all accounts, an efficacious leader and reformer in Russian history. Despite her professional successes, her personal life was far from ideal. Catherine never loved her husband and was alleged to have been complicit in his assassination. She never remarried, instead taking a string of lovers only for as long as they held her interest. She had three children, none of whom she claimed were fathered by her husband, Peter III. Despite her promiscuity, she was a generous lover, and many of her former lovers remained devoted to her throughout her life. She lived her life passionately, and can even be described as an early feminist, doing what she wanted. This book tells the story of this unconventional woman in a concise, entertaining, and informative manner.
Author : Vasili O. Kliuchevsky,Marshall S. Shatz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317478218
In this newly-translated excerpt from his five-volume "Course", Kliuchevsky (1841-1911) provides a colourful description of Russian court life in the 18th century, a dramatic narrative of the coup d'etat that brought Catherine II to power, a portrait of the empress herself, and an analysis of her foreign conquests and her major internal initiatives. While Kliuchevsky is critical of Catherine, he draws upon her memoirs and other writings and the accounts of her contemporaries to achieve a well-rounded and deeply human analysis of her character and personality. It is an extraordinary act of historical re-creation of the sort that brought Kliuchevsky such renown in his own time, and it remains so lifelike that it fairly leaps off the page. Kliuchevsky's examination of Western influence in Catherine's reign leads him to questions that were of urgent significance for Russia's development in his own day, and have remained so ever since: how to use Western ideas and practices to improve and enrich Russian life, without turning them into idle fashions or political bludgeons, and where to find the social leadership capable of performing such a delicate task.
Author : William Tooke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1802
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:84333037
Author : Catherine II (Empress of Russia)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Empresses
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038796822
Author : Simon M. Dixon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015053750223
Catherine and the making of Russian foreign policy -- Prussia, Poland and the 'northern system', 1762-74 -- Austria, the Ottoman Empire and the Crimea, 1774-89 -- Catherine and the French Revolution -- CHAPTER 9 Epilogue: power transferred and transformed -- The death of an empress -- Further Reading -- Index