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	MSN Encarta - Catherine the Great
		The daughter of a minor German prince, she moved to Russia in 1744 and married Grand Duke Peter of Holstein, a grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne, in 1745.
		Russia, the empress insisted, attained new heights of civilization during her reign.
		The empress referred to herself as the “first landlord of the realm.” The new system of local self-government, which she introduced in 1775 and which lasted until 1864, was related to the Pugachev rebellion and the resulting panic and collapse of all local authority.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761559802 (1954 words)

	russia
		Alexander I (1777-1825) Tsar of Russia from 1801.
		Elizabeth Petrovna (1709-62), empress of Russia (1741-62), born near Moscow, the youngest daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I. She became empress in 1741 by staging a palace revolution that deposed the infant emperor Ivan VI and his mother Anna Leopoldovna, who acted as regent.
		Russia was unprepared for the war; there were shortages of ammunition and of officers to command the soldiers, as well as problems transporting food throughout Russia.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/russia.htm (8099 words)

	Elizabeth of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)
		On the 23rd of January 1743, direct negotiations between the two powers were opened at Abo, and on the 7th of August 1743 Sweden ceded to Russia all the southern part of Finland east of the river Kymmene, which thus became the boundary between the two states, including the fortresses of Villmanstrand and Fredricshamn.
		By sheer tenacity of purpose, Bestuzhev had extricated his country from the Swedish imbroglio; reconciled his imperial mistress with the courts of Vienna and London, her natural allies; enabled Russia to assert herself effectually in Poland, Turkey and Sweden, and isolated the restless king of Prussia by environing him with hostile alliances.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elizabeth_of_Russia (1766 words)

	Anna of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		H.I.M. Anna Ivanovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duchess of Courland
		Anna Ivanovna (In Russian: Анна Ивановна) (February 7,1693 - October 28,1740) reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.
		This war marks the beginning of that systematic struggle on the part of Russia to cover her natural and legitimate southern boundaries which was brought to fruition by Catherine the Great.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Anna_I_of_Russia (739 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Russia
		The boundaries of Russia are: on the north, the Arctic Ocean; on the west, Sweden, Norway, the Baltic Sea, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Rumania; on the south, the Black Sea, Turkey, Persia, the Caspian Sea; Afghanistan, and China; on the east, the Pacific Ocean.
		Russia shares the possession of the Baltic Sea with Sweden, Germany, and Denmark, and its waters have been the highway of Russian commerce since the time of Peter the Great, although their shores are rugged and reefs numerous.
		Russia is a great agricultural nation; three-quarters of its population derive their support from the soil, which furnishes the most important resources of the country.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13231c.htm (19233 words)

	CATHERINE II. - LoveToKnow Article on CATHERINE II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1744 she was taken to Russia, to be affianced to the grandduke Peter, the nephew of the empress Elizabeth (q.v.), and her recognized heir.
		Living in the grossly animal court of the empress Elizabeth, bound to a husband whom she could not but despise and detest, surrounded by suitors, and entirely uninfluenced by religion, Catherine became and remained perfectly immoral in her sexual relations to men.
		The mere fa~ct that Catherine II., a small German princess without hereditary claim to the throne, ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 amid the loyalty of the great mass of the people, and the respect and admiration of her neighbors, is sufficient proof of the force of her character.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CATHERINE_II_.htm (3342 words)

	ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA - LoveToKnow Article on ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		What in her sometimes seemed irresolution and procrastination, was, most often, a wise suspense of judgment under exceptionally difficult circumstances; and to this may be added that she was ever ready to sacrifice the prejudices of the woman to the duty of the sovereign.
		On the 23rd of January 1743, direct negotiations between the two powers were opened at Abo, and on the 7th of August 1743 Sweden ceded to Russia all the southern part of Finland east of the river Kymmene, which thus became the boundary between the two states, including the fortresses of Villmanstrand and Fredrilcshamn.
		On the other hand, it is not too much to say that, from the end of 1759 to the end of 1761, the unshakable firmness of the Russian empress was the one constraining political force which held together the heterogeneous, incessantly jarring elements of the anti-Prussian combination.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELIZABETH_EMPRESS_OF_RUSSIA.htm (3499 words)

	Catherine I of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		H.I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias
		Catherine I (In Russian: Екатерина I Алексеевна) (April 15, 1683/1684 – May 17, 1727), the second wife of Peter the Great, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1725 until her death.
		He died (28 January 1725 (Old Style) without naming a successor, which encouraged the guards regiments to proclaim Catherine as the ruler of Russia, giving her the title of Empress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catherine_I_of_Russia (298 words)

	Catherine the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alexander not only discusses Catherine's life while she was Empress of Russia, but he also discusses her impact in the later centuries on stage and screen, sculpture, and painting.
		Dixon believes that Russia owes her much for her reign and that she truly earned the title "the Great." Dixon also believes that too many judge her for having promiscuous relationships while she may have just been filling her lonely hours by sharing her intellect with these men.
		It includes how she came to power as Empress of Russia, her role in Enlightenment literature, and her efforts to rationalize and reform the administration of the Russian Empire.
	www.kings.edu /womens_history/catherine.html (2580 words)

	Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia - Olga's Gallery
		Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796) from 1762.
		She was born in Stettin, the daughter of the Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.
		The second and third partitions of Poland and the incorporation of Courland into Russia completed the triumphs of Catherine's reign.
	www.abcgallery.com /bio/catherine2.html (179 words)

	SIXTH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Czar ALEXANDER II of Russia was born in 1818.
		Czarina Marie Alexandrovna of Hesse-Darmstadt Empress of Russia was born in 1824.
		iii. Tsar ALEXANDER III of Russia was born in 1845.
	www.royalgenealogy.com /d94.htm (127 words)

	catherine ii of russia - infos
		Empress Catherine II "the Great" 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.
		Portrait of Catherine II, Empress of Russia by Vladimir Borovikovsky...
		Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), also known as Catherine the Great, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796...
	www.angelfire.com /alt2/ang2/11/catherine-ii-of-russia.html (373 words)

	The Scarlet Empress (1934 b 105') (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Empress asks her for a son, and Peter and Catherine are wed in an Eastern church ceremony.
		At the feast Alexei proposes a toast to Catherine, and the Empress retires.
		Peter drills a hole in a painting, and the Empress warns Catherine not to be her rival with Alexei, telling her of a secret passage.
	www.san.beck.org /MM/1934/ScarletEmpress.html (489 words)

	German-born empress of Russia (1762-96), Catherine II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the end of her reign, there was scarcely a free peasant left in Russia, and, because of more systematized control, the condition of the serf was worse than it had been before Catherine's rule.
		In 1774, the year of Russia's defeat of Turkey, Grigory Potemkin, who had distinguished himself in the war, became Catherine's lover, and a brilliant career began for this official of the minor nobility, whose intelligence and abilities were equalled only by his ambition.
		A great dreamer, he was avid for territories to conquer and provinces to populate; an experienced diplomat with a knowledge of Russia that Catherine had not yet acquired and as audacious as Catherine was methodical, Potemkin was treated as an equal b......
	www.studentcentral.co.uk /german-born_empress_russia__-__catherine_ii_6459 (475 words)

	SECOND GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alix of Hesse Empress of Russia was born on 6 Jun 1872 in Darmstadt.
		ii. Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia was born in Jun 1897.
		iv. Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia was born in Jun 1901.
	www.royalgenealogy.com /d69.htm (145 words)

	Catherine the Great
		Her family was not prominent in the world of European politics but her brother, Karl August, had been the Empress of Russia's, Elizabeth, love before he died unexpectedly in St. Petersburg in 1727.
		Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, was seeking out a bride for her nephew, the Grand Duke Peter, the next ruler of Russia.
		Peter and Catherine ascended to the throne of Russia as Emperor Peter III and Empress Catherine II.
	catherinethegreat.freeservers.com (1096 words)

	Catherine the Great - Empress of Russia
		This is exactly the situation that Princess Sophia Augusta Fredericka found herself in when Empress Elizabeth of Russia sent for her to become a bride for Elizabeth's nephew and heir Peter III, great-grandson of Peter the Great.
		Finally Empress Elizabeth learned of his misery and sent for her nephew to live with her in Russia and become her heir.
		Catherine felt that Peter was ill equipped to govern Russia and in 1762 she overthrew him with support from the Imperial Guard and her new lover, Gregory Orlov.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b2catherinegreat.htm (881 words)

	Catherine II, Empress of Russia (Catherine the Great)
		Catherine II, Empress of Russia (Catherine the Great) Catherine II, or Catherine the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), did much to transform Russia into a modern country.
		At the age of 15 she went to Russia to become the wife of Peter, nephew and heir of Empress ELIZABETH.
		The outbreak of the French Revolution (1789) and the publication of Aleksandr Radishchev's Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow (1790), in which the author denounced the evils of serfdom, the immorality of society, and the abuses of government, prompted Catherine to impose repressive measures, which in turn alienated many of the educated.
	www.essayworld.com /essays/biograph/550.shtml (856 words)

	Catherine The Great Empress Of Russia - Moscow Stop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Comments and Suggestions Empress Catherine II "the Great" She had been born Princess...
		Modern History Sourcebook: Catherine the Great Catherine II (l762-1796), a German princess who became Empress of Russia after disposing of her...
		Russia's Catherine the Great looks on whilst husband Peter plays with toy soldiers.
	www.ahabcbc.ca /catherine-the-great-empress-of-russia.html (439 words)

	Interlink - Prairie Land Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Consider the Empress of Russia, built for Canadian Pacific in Glasgow and launched in 1912.
		She was 570 feet long, measured almost 17,000 gross tons and had powerful engines that could drive her at a speed of 20 knots.
		Admittedly, the Empress of Russia was more palatial than your typical immigrant ship.
	www.interlinkbookshop.com /obee/empress.htm (382 words)

	Russian Royal Family - The Elderess' Prophecy Of The Martyrdom Of Tsaritsa Alexandra
		One year later, 1917, as we can see from the photo taken of the Empress Alexandra at Tsarskoe Selo during the war, her face prematurely aged with strain, and seems exhausted, but her will is unyielding.
		Empress Alexandra is waiting for her husband the Tsar to return to their home at Tsarskoe Selo, and she prepares herself for that longed-for hour, a moment he also desperately desires as his heart overflows with love for his family.
		Unwavering in the strength of her great faith in our Lord God, the Empress offers prayers on behalf of her children, and including Anna Vyroubova, who are now all ill with the measles.
	www.fr-d-serfes.org /royal/theelderessprophecy.htm (502 words)

	Young Catherine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		15 year-old German princess Sophie (later Catherine) travels to Russia to visit the Empress Elizabeth of Russia and her nephew, the Grand Duke Peter, sole heir to the Russian throne, for the purpose of arranging a marriage of the young people.
		Were it so easy: she is poisoned, has her name changed to Catherine, and suffers many trails with her mentally ill and cruel husband.
		1761 -- Empress of Russia dies and Peter III succeeds to the throne.
	www.vernonjohns.org /snuffy1186/yngcat.html (470 words)

	Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The definite biography of Grand Duke Michael of Russia, the brother of Tsar Nicholas II, and of his morganatic wife, "Nathalie Brasova".
		KEJSERINDE DAGMAR - MARIA FEODORVNA - EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
		This is an incredibly beautiful book on the life and times of the Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, the mother of the last Tsar, Nicholas II.
	web.telia.com /~u51500203/russia.htm (126 words)

	Catherine I Of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Originally she was given the birthname of Martha Skavronskaya and was the daughter of Samuil Skavronski, a Lithuanian peasant.
		She married Peter in February of 1712 and bore him 11 children, all of whom died in childhood except for Anna and Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I, empress of Russia from 1741-1762).
		Peter died in 1725 without naming a successor, encouraging the guards regiments to proclaim her as the ruler of Russia, giving her the title of Empress.
	www.wikiverse.org /catherine-i-of-russia (389 words)

	ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA - LoveToKnow Article on ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA - LoveToKnow Article on ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
		Forti,inately for herself, and for Russia, Elizabeth Petrovna, with all her shortcomings, had inherited some of her fathers genius for government.
		But all this would have been impossible but for the steady support of Elizabeth, who trusted him implicitly, despite the insinuations of the chancellors innumerable enemies, most of whom were her personal friends.
	49.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELIZABETH_EMPRESS_OF_RUSSIA.htm (3499 words)

	Catherine II (Catherine the Great) (1729-1796) : Library of Congress Citations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Author: Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729- Title: Documents of Catherine the Great; the correspondence with Voltaire and the Instruction of 1767 in the English text of 1768.
		Catherine -- II, -- Empress of Russia, -- 1729-1796 -- Correspondence.
		Zapiski imperatriktlsy Ekateriny II Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
	www.mala.bc.ca /~mcneil/cit/citlccathgr1.htm (1200 words)

	Famous and Infamous Germans from Russia
		In 1910 Anastasia was appointed Maid of Honor to Empress Aleksandra.
		After the Romanovs were sent from Tolbosk to Yekaterinburg she was forcibly separated from the family and was brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks in a forest near Perm in 1918.
		He was a self-proclaimed Emperor/Tzar of Russia, who lived in barbaric splendour as the despot of Mongolia, marrying a local princess.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~steeles/gerrus (2085 words)

	Canadian Pacific Lines Empress Of Russia Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Port of registry: Vancouver, B.C. The turbine ship EMPRESS OF RUSSIA was built for the Canadian Pacific Line by Fairfield Co Ltd, Glasgow (ship #484), and launched on 28 August 1912.
		She was a 16,810 gross ton ship, length 570ft x beam 68ft (180,4 x 20,8 meters), three funnels, two masts, cruiser stern, twin screw, quadruple-screw propulsion, and a service speed of 20 knots (21.2 knots maximum).
		However, on 8 September 1945 she was gutted by fire, declared a total loss and scrapped by T. Ward, Barrow-in-Furness.
	www.netpci.com /~eldorado/gallery-asian/ships/factsheet-empress-of-russia.htm (535 words)

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