Yekaterina Alekseyevna

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Yekaterina Alekseyevna, better known as Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 and one of the most influential rulers of the Russian Empire, noted for her extensive reforms and territorial expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Empress of Russia
human
monarch
ruler
alsoKnownAs Catherine II of Russia
surface form: Catherine II

Catherine II of Russia
surface form: Catherine the Great
associatedWith Pugachev Rebellion
surface form: Pugachev's Rebellion

Russian Enlightenment
birthDate 1729-05-02
birthName Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg
birthPlace Stettin
surface form: Stettin, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia
burialPlace Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
causeOfDeath stroke
child Paul I of Russia
convertedFrom Lutheranism
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
deathDate 1796-11-17
deathPlace Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
era Enlightenment
father Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
gender female
givenName Sophie
implementedReform administrative reorganization of provinces
legal codification attempts (Nakaz)
languageSpoken French
German
Russian
mother Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
notableFor Enlightenment-inspired policies
charter to the nobility
domestic reforms
expansion into the Black Sea region
modernization of the Russian Empire
partitions of Poland
patronage of the arts
secularization of church lands
territorial expansion of Russia
patronOf Hermitage Museum
positionHeld Empress of Russia
predecessor Peter III of Russia
reignEnd 1796
reignStart 1762
religion Russian Orthodox Church
residence Winter Palace
surface form: Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg
royalHouse House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
surface form: House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov

House of Romanov
spouse Peter III of Russia
successor Paul I of Russia
title Emperor of All the Russias
surface form: Autocrat of All the Russias

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Catherine II of Russia alsoKnownAs Yekaterina Alekseyevna
Marta Helena Skowrońska alsoKnownAs Yekaterina Alekseyevna