Catherine the Great, The Empress Who Reshaped Russia
sovet-gagarin.org – Catherine II, better known as Catherine the Great, is widely regarded as one of the most influential and remarkable rulers in history. Born in 1729 in Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland), she ascended to the Russian throne in 1762, following the overthrow of her husband, Emperor Peter III. Over the course of her…