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Catherine the Great - English
URL: http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/tan/lite/pol/Brian.html

Catherine the Great restricted cruel punishment of the serfs but peasant revolts caused the need to strengthen oppression. The charter of 1785 increased the power of the nobles over the serfs.

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History of St. Petersburg, Russia: Catherine the Great (short biography) - English
URL: http://www.cityvision2000.com/history/catherine.htm

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Catherine the Great: German princess and Russian .

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Catherine the Great: 1762-1796 - English
URL: http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/EastEurope/CathyGreat.html

Catherine the Great is remembered as one of the greatest reformers of Russia. During her reign, Catherine continued the reforms begun by Peter the Great that ultimately led to the emergence of Russia onto the worldwide stage of politics.

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Temple of Catherine the Great - English
URL: http://www.sangha.net/messengers/Catherine.htm

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About Catherine II. Links. Portrait.

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Manifesto of Catherine the Great - English
URL: http://members.aol.com/jktsn/manifest.htm

Issued July 22, 1763.

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The Alexander Palace Time Machine Bios - Catherine the Great - English
URL: http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/catherine.html

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She had been born Princess Sophia August Frederika on May 2, 1729 in the Baltic seaport town of Stettin, then a part of German Pomerania. Her father was an obscure German military princeling named Christian August, and her mother was Princess Joanna Elizabeth of Holstein-Gottorp.

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CatherinetheGreat - English
URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/4257/Cathpage1.html

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Chronology of Catherine's Life. Romanov Family Tree. Jewels of the Romanovs. Photos of Russia More on The Romanovs. A List of Lovers.

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Modern History Sourcebook: Catherine the Great - English
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/18catherine.html

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Catherine II (l762-1796), a German princess who became Empress of Russia after disposing of her ineffectual husband was one of the most successful European monarchs. She followed Peter the Great in seeing Russia (which had been part of an Asian Empire for centuries) as European Power. Among her other achievements, added some 200 000 square miles to the territory of the Russian empire.

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Catherine the Great - English
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~Nevermore/CGREAT.HTM

The best Catherine the Great reference on the web. The story of Catherine the Great, from her childhood as a German princess to her rise to power as Empress of all the Russias.

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Imperatritsa Ekaterina II / Svobodnaya Rossiya (Imperatritsa Maria Class) - English
URL: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/russia/battleships/imperatritsamaria/ekate

On 29th April 1917, Imperatritsa Ekaterina was renamed Svobodnaya Rossiya. She was sunk by 4 torpedoes from the destroyer Kerch to prevent her being handed over to German forces after the ceasefire. In the 1930s, parts of the ship including some of the boilers were salvaged.

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Empress Ekaterina II - English
URL: http://www.lugansk.ua/history/ekaterina_english.htm

Empress Ekaterina II was reigning for 34 year. In all she did she tried to imitate Peter I. She started to formulate the "New code of law". Amount of counties vastly increased, they divided into districts, many greater villages transformed to the towns. The "City code of Law" was herewith worked out that gave cities a home rule in the manner of Town dumas. Nobles received their "Letters Patent" that confirmed their priveleges, merchants and commoners were recognized as particular classes.

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Новое о планах князя Г.А. Потемкина по присоединению Крыма к России - Russian
URL: http://www.moscow-crimea.ru/history/18_19vv/potiomkin.html

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Решающая роль князя Г.А. Потемкина в обосновании необходимости присоединения Крымского ханства к России общеизвестна. Поданная им в 1782 г. императрице Екатерине II записка впервые была опубликована С.М. Соловьевым в книге "История падения Польши" (М., 1863).

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Екатерина II - Russian
URL: http://www.pereplet.ru/history/Russia/Imperia/Ekaterina_II/index.html

Документы.

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Императрица Екатерина II - Russian
URL: http://www.lugansk.ua/history/ekaterina.htm

Императрица Екатерина II царствовала 34 года. Во всем старалась подражать Петру I. При ней начато составление "Нового уложения". Было обнародовано "Учреждение для управления губернией".

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Банк Рефератов — Личная жизнь Екатерины II - Russian
URL: http://www.bankreferatov.ru/refbank.nsf/0bb5f8490831c176c32568d900725880/d713f38

Раздел: История. Реферат на тему Личная жизнь Екатерины II.

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Исторический очерк - Дмитрий Швидковский. Екатерина II: Архитектурная биография - Russian
URL: http://www.projectclassica.ru/histr_article/2001/01_01_ha.htm

Екатерина II была не просто богатым, приятным или даже гениальным заказчиком, её можно считать заказчиком совершенно исключительным в истории архитектуры. Она не обладала каким-то безумно утончённым вкусом или проникновенной художественной интуицией, расстраивалась, когда деньги или материалы раскрадывались слишком беззастенчиво.

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Екатерина II Алексеевна Романова - Russian
URL: http://hronos.km.ru/biograf/ekater2.html

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Pосс. императрица в 1762-1796. Происходила из мелкого северогерманского княжеского рода. Урожденная Софья Августа Фредерика Анхальт-Цербстская. Получила домашнее образование. Умная и честолюбивая, она воспитывалась в строгости, и природная ее гордость всячески подавлялась. В 1744 Екатерина II приехала в Россию по приглашению Елизаветы Петровны. Приняв православие и получив имя Екатерины Алексеевны, в 1745 вступила в брак с вел. князем Петром Федоровичем (Петром Ульрихом), впоследствии Петром III.

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Указ императрицы Екатерины II - Russian
URL: http://archives.karelia.ru/nark/projects/mosaic/viewdoc.phtml?lng=&id=1001

O назначении викарным епископом для управления Олонецкой епархией архимандрита Хутынского монастыря Феофила.

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