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Interesting question.

Turns out Voltaire and Catherine the Great carried on a long correspondence for about 10 years. Voltaire respected Catherine and referred to her as an "enlightened despot".

Although he disapproved of her extravagant court, he admired her strong leadership and rule. He also called her the "Star of the North".

He thought so highly of Catherine, he evidently kept a portrait of her in his bedroom. Catherine corresponded with some of the greatest minds of the era and encouraged arts, philosophy and sciences.

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