Catherine the Great was known for her exceptional intelligence and intellectual curiosity. She was well-educated and spoke multiple languages. She was particularly interested in philosophy, literature, and political theory, and corresponded with leading thinkers of her time. Her intelligence played a significant role in her ability to govern and enact reforms during her reign as empress of Russia.

Usually, people think of her mostly as a queen which tried to modernize Russia, but there are many more ways of knowing her.

Catherine I of Russia died on 1727-05-17.

she ruled a kingdom

In New Zealand, the Great Depression began in 1929, and deepened significantly in 1932. It lasted until the late 30s, when WW2 started, and the work required for that relieved the depression.

At the age of sixty-seven, Catherine the Great disgraced herself by openly living with her lover, and giving him considerable power. She squandered Russian people's money on him. She attempted to get Austria and Prussia to invade France. She allowed her lover and his brother to launch a poorly thought out campaign to conquer India. When the King of Sweden refused to marry her daughter, unless there was a conversion to Lutheranism, Catherine flew into a rage, and died of 'apoplexy.'

In my opinion Peter the great was a better tsar than any other Tsar even though, catherine the great did some of contributions and lead russia to better place however, peter the great expanded west -europe dictate over 13-20 countries, and fought against sweeden for 20 years and got victory. Plus, he westernized Russia. He also was the one who lead everything and Catherine followed in his footsteps(technically).

He had one brother named Sergei who sadly passed away when Alex was 10.

Catherine II of Russia, also known as Catherine the Great, had two children, Paul of Russia and Alexis Bobrinsky. Alexis Bobrinsky was born out of wedlock. she also had a daughter who died as a baby Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna

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Peter the great and Catherine the Great were considered great absolute monarchs. The reason for this is that they were interested in making Russia better and stronger.

Catherine the Great was the Russian Empress from 1762 to 1796. She made many improvements to the Russian government and was a large proponent of Westernization.

She wanted to take over the land held by the Turks as well as Poland and reach the Black Sea.

Catherine The Great focused on the Russian Empire's expansion to continue the process of Westernisation begun by Peter the Great.

1. Peter faced a Russian army based on cavalry and not the sort of professional armies being formed in Europe.
2. He conquered Azov, then went on a long tour of inspection of western Europe.
   1. He went to war against the absolutist king of Sweden (Charles XII)--eventually winning the Great Northern War.
   2. He reformed the army and forced the nobility to serve in his bureaucracy.
   3. His new (mainly peasant) army numbered 200,000 plus another 100,000 special troops.
   4. He created schools to train technicians for his army.
3. Army and government became more efficient and powerful as an interlocking militarycivilian bureaucracy was created and staffed by talented people.
4. Russian peasant life under Peter became more harsh.
   1. People replaced land as the primary unit of taxation.
   2. Serfs were arbitrarily assigned to work in the factories and mines.
5. Modest territorial expansion took place under Peter, and Russia became a European Great Power.
   1. Russia defeated Sweden in 1709 at Poltava to gain control of the Baltic Sea.
   2. Peter borrowed many Western ideas.

She greatly expanded the frontiers of Russia- brought in foreign intelligence- including John Paul Jones, the USN officer, and well was well-thought-of as an Empire-expanding Czarina. She was also called Mother Russia and Mother of all Russian cities, sadly some had false fronts courtesy Major Potemkin- and some comrades in the Russian C.O.E. These were villages with false fronts or facades to make them look bigger when Cathy was in town.- hence the term Potemkin Villages- some grew up to be major cities such as Odessa, still the big Naval base in the Ukraine.

Catherine the great achievements had a very positive effect on the nations and the people. Catherine established schools and founded libraries ans academics. Catherine the great also help enrich their culture with education systems and books. Catherine the great will always be known as one of the most important leaders in Russia

She earned the title "great" because of her successful foreign policy. All the tsars had epithets like these. For example, Ivan the Terrible was called so because he became a bloodthirsty tyrant after his wife's death and tortured people.

Catherine the Great was born into the German ruling family. She was betrothed to her second cousin Peter, the future Tsar of Russia, to strengthen the relationship between Prussia and Russia.

She eliminated many colonies.

Because of the numerous reforms which she made to Russia during her reign, however she wasn't a total despot because she let the nobels ginfluence her decisions greatly.

It had nothing to do with the fact she was married to Peter III - she had her lover murder him so that she could become ruler.

Catherine the Great, or Catherine II, was known as the Empress or Czarina of Russia. She ruled over Russia from 1762 to 1796, known as being great for how she expanded the ways of living in Russia.