Catherine the great
Catherine the greatThe Free-Thinking Queen
A beautiful and sexually charged woman, Princess Catherine used modern tactics to conquer both the hearts of her people and the land she broadminded. She boasted a brilliant thirty-four year reign over Russia, campaigning vast renovations to her country and employing thoughtful emotion in her tasks. Born Sophia Augusta Frederika of Anhalt-Zerbst on April 21, 1729 in Stettin, then Germany, Catherine II voyaged to become one of the most loved and enlightened rulers of the eighteenth century.
The Great, as she became to be known as, fought feverishly to promote Western philosophies and ideals to irrational and disorganized Russia. First she machinated her husband�s death, Tsar Peter III, to end his infertile rule and bring Russia to the civilized state with the rest of Europe. She worked relentlessly from early morning to late night. She sought out to improve all facets within her society, ranging from the education system, the arts, and to the treatment of the impoverished. There were few schools in Russia. She started to convert a convent in St. Petersburg into a boarding school for girls, the Smolny Institute. Catherine...
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