The memoirs of Catherine the Great / a new translation by Mark Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom.

Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762-1796). She fostered the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the empire created by Tsar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power and fo...

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Main Author: Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
Other Authors: Cruse, Mark, Hoogenboom, Hilde
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Modern Library, 2005.
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Uniform Title:Mémoires de l'impératrice Catherine II.