| Edition |
[Second edition]. |
| Description |
x, 240 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Yale Nota bene |
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Yale Nota bene.
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| Contents |
Catherine seizes power in the Russian empire -- Russian society in 1762 -- Catherine's first years -- The first Turkish War -- The crisis of the 1770s -- The reform of local administration and of the legal system -- The armed neutrality and the annexation of Crimea -- Catherine's influence on Russian cultural life -- Catherine's educational policy -- Catherine's social policy -- How Catherine governed -- How the people lived -- The war with Turkey and Sweden, and the destruction of Poland -- Catherine's economic policy -- Catherine and the French Revolution -- Catherine as woman and ruler -- Bibliographical note -- Glossary -- Weights and measures -- Genealogical table -- Administrative charts -- Maps -- Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-224) and index. |
| Subject |
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
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Empresses -- Russia -- Biography.
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Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796.
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Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0300097220 paperback |
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9780300097221 paperback |
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