... of a more modernised Russia, not only in a political sense, but also in a cultural sense. Throughout her role, Catherine had commissioned many buildings such as the Hermitage museum, and also academies, journals, libraries and corresponding with many French Encyclopaedists, including Voltaire. The woman being notorious for love affairs had been one of the greatest female leaders of all time but had made ... ...

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