Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Catherine the Great Catherine II (l762-1796), a German princess who became Empress of Russia after disposing of her ineffectual husband was one of the most successful European monarchs. She followed Peter the Great in seeing Russia (which had been part of an Asian Empire for centuries) as European Power. Among her other achievements, ...

Scottish neoclassical architect to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, who worked at the Russian palaces of Pavlovsk and Tsarskoe Selo, online book by George Lukomski, introduction by Bob Atchison, web design by Pallasart. Sponsored by the Alexander Palace Association.

Russia's Catherine the Great looks on whilst husband Peter plays with toy soldiers.

Links to sites to do with Catherine II (the Great) of Russia, most of which are in English.

Biography of Catherine the Great, focus on how the planetary metaphors of Mercury and Uranus were reflected in her life and work, by Robert Couteau ...

Catherine the Great Her original name was anglicized Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhallt -Zebst. She ruled in the late 1700's from 1762-1796 - a reign of 34 years. Crowned as Empress on July 17, 1762 she was a powerful ruler. As an author of memoirs, historical works and plays she gave considerable encouragement to literature. She offered to pubish Diderot's Encylopedia when France banned it.