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Catherine II, or Catherine the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), did much to transform Russia into a modern country. Originally named Sophie

Fredericke Augusta, she was born in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland), on May 2, 1729, the daughter of the German prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. At the age of ....

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.... She succeeded to a degree with the upper classes, but did nothing for the overwhelming majority of the population--the enserfed peasantry. To learn the needs of the country and to gain popularity, Catherine in 1767 convoked an assembly of deputies to draft a new code of laws (for which she wrote the guidelines--the Nakaz, or Instruction). Not much came of the venture. In 1773, Yemelian PUGACHEV led Cossacks, peasants, and others in a revolt that engulfed large parts of eastern Russia. The revolt, ruthlessly crushed by the army in 1775, alerte ....

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