Catherine II of Russia

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Empress of Russia Enlightenment ruler autocrat correspondent of Voltaire head of state member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov monarch noblewoman patron of the arts

Catherine II of Russia, also known as Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796 and one of the most influential Enlightenment-era monarchs, known for expanding and modernizing the Russian Empire.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Catherine the Great	71
Catherine II of Russia canonical	52
Empress Catherine II of Russia	7
Catherine II	4
Empress Catherine the Great	3
Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias	1
Catherine the Great (The Great)	1
Catherine the Great's court	1
Czarina Catherine II	1
Empress Catherine II	1
Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias	1
reign of Catherine II of Russia	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Empress of Russia ⓘ Enlightenment ruler ⓘ autocrat ⓘ correspondent of Voltaire ⓘ head of state ⓘ member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov ⓘ monarch ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ patron of the arts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Catherine II of Russia ⓘ surface form: Catherine the Great Yekaterina Alekseyevna ⓘ
birthName	Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg ⓘ
burialPlace	Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Peter and Paul Cathedral
child	Paul I of Russia ⓘ
convertedFrom	Lutheranism ⓘ
correspondedWith	Baron Grimm ⓘ Denis Diderot ⓘ Voltaire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Empire ⓘ
culturalContribution	expanded the Imperial collection that became the Hermitage Museum ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1729-05-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1796-11-17 ⓘ
dynasty	House of Oldenburg ⓘ surface form: Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
educationPolicy	founded the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens ⓘ
era	Enlightenment ⓘ
expandedTerritory	Crimea ⓘ Right-bank Ukraine ⓘ parts of Poland-Lithuania ⓘ territories along the Black Sea ⓘ
father	Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst ⓘ
foreignPolicy	pursued access to warm-water ports ⓘ
knownFor	expanding the Russian Empire ⓘ founding the Hermitage Museum collection ⓘ issuing the Nakaz (Instruction) for a new law code ⓘ modernizing Russian administration ⓘ patronage of the Enlightenment ⓘ promoting Westernization ⓘ
languageSpoken	French ⓘ German ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalReform	convened the Legislative Commission (1767) ⓘ
militaryReform	strengthened the Russian navy in the Black Sea ⓘ
mother	Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp ⓘ
notableEvent	Partitions of Poland ⓘ Pugachev Rebellion ⓘ Russo-Turkish Wars ⓘ surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Russo-Turkish Wars ⓘ surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) came to power after a coup d’état against Peter III ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Pomerania ⓘ Szczecin ⓘ surface form: Stettin
placeOfDeath	Russian Empire ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
positionHeld	Emperor of All the Russias ⓘ surface form: Autocrat of All the Russias Empress of Russia ⓘ surface form: Empress of All the Russias
predecessor	Peter III of Russia ⓘ
reignEnd	1796 ⓘ
reignStart	1762 ⓘ
religion	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
residence	Peterhof Palace ⓘ Tsarskoye Selo ⓘ Winter Palace ⓘ
spouse	Peter III of Russia ⓘ
style	Catherine II of Russia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II, Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias
successor	Paul I of Russia ⓘ

Referenced by (144)

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House of Romanov → hasMember → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

Hermitage Museum → foundedBy → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Russian Empire → notableRuler → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine the Great

Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo → majorExpansionUnder → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine the Great

The Eagle → hasFilmCharacter → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Peter III of Russia → successor → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

Peter III of Russia → spouse → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg → burialPlaceOf → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

House of Oldenburg → notableMember → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Tauride Palace → patron → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine the Great

Anna Petrovna → notableRelative → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Black Sea Germans → foundingRulerInvitingSettlement → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Tsarskoye Selo → developedFor → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Anna Petrovna, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp → notableRelative → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Imperial Russian administrative system → reformedBy → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine the Great

Étienne-Maurice Falconet → patron → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Anhalt-Zerbst → associatedPerson → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Tsar of Russia → positionHeldBy → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Charles Cameron → patron → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Pugachev Rebellion → opponent → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

founded the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens → name → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Ernst Johann von Biron → reinstatedBy → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

The Great → basedOn → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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The Great → subject → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Ropsha → historicalOwner → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Empress Catherine II of Russia

Ropsha → associatedWith → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

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Treaty of Georgievsk → signatory → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg → foundedBy → Catherine II of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine the Great