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Catherine the Great
I. Introduction

Catherine the Great (1729-1796), empress of Russia (1762-1796), who expanded her vast country’s borders south to the Black Sea and west into Europe while continuing the Westernization begun by Peter the Great.

Contributed By:
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, B.A., A.M., D.Phil.
Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley. Author of A History of Russia,The Image of Peter the Great in Russian History and Thought, and Nicholas I and Official Nationality in Russia, 1825-1855.
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