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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Yekaterina Alekseyevna canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Empress of Russia ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Catherine II ⓘ
Catherine the Great ⓘ
associatedWith Pugachev's Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Pugachev Rebellion

Russian Enlightenment ⓘ
birthDate 1729-05-02 ⓘ
birthName Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg ⓘ
birthPlace Stettin, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Stettin
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, Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: Winter Palace
royalHouse House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov ⓘ
House of Romanov ⓘ
spouse Peter III of Russia ⓘ
successor Paul I of Russia ⓘ
title Autocrat of All the Russias ⓘ

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