02395nam 2200589 a 450 991078944260332120230331010919.00-19-987885-41-283-12136-097866131213630-19-987430-1(CKB)2670000000092850(EBL)716663(OCoLC)729246425(SSID)ssj0000633118(PQKBManifestationID)12260469(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000633118(PQKBWorkID)10616479(PQKB)10431421(MiAaPQ)EBC716663(Au-PeEL)EBL716663(CaPaEBR)ebr10472228(CaONFJC)MIL312136(EXLCZ)99267000000009285019880318d1989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCatherine the Great[electronic resource] life and legend /John T. AlexanderNew York Oxford University Press19891 online resource (457 p.)Oxford LivesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-506162-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Catherine's youth and her accession to the throne -- pt. 2. The crises of mid-life -- pt. 3. An aging empress.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 aOxford LivesRussiaKings and rulersBiographyRussiaHistoryCatherine II, 1762-1796947/.063/0924BAlexander John T1469688MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789442603321Catherine the Great3681233UNINA