Catherine the Great was empress of Russia from June 28th 1762 until November 17th 1796. She is known in history as Catherine the Great, Catherine II and Yekaterina II Alexeyevna.
Catherine the Great's death while attempting an unusual practice with a horse is one of the most virulent myths in modern history. She was in fact one of the most interesting, industrious and powerful woman to have lived during the eighteenth century. Historians have not always been kind to her memory and all too often one reads accounts of her private life, ignoring her many achievements. The stories of her love affairs have been vulgarized and can be traced to a handful of French writers in the years immediately after her death when Republican France was fighting for its life against a coalition that included Russia.
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