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UNINA9910789442603321 |
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Autore |
Alexander John T |
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Titolo |
Catherine the Great [[electronic resource] ] : life and legend / / John T. Alexander |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989 |
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0-19-987885-4 |
1-283-12136-0 |
9786613121363 |
0-19-987430-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (457 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Russia Kings and rulers Biography |
Russia History Catherine II, 1762-1796 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Catherine's youth and her accession to the throne -- pt. 2. The crises of mid-life -- pt. 3. An aging empress. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of the most colorful characters in modern history, Catherine II of Russia began her life as a minor German princess, until the childless Empress Elizabeth and Catherine's own scheming mother married her off to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia at age sixteen. By thirty-three, she had overthrown her husband in a bloodless coup and established herself as Empress of the multinational Russian Empire, the largest territorial political unit in modern history. Portrayed both as a political genius who restored to Russia the glory it had known in the days of Peter the Great and as a despotic foreign a |
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