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Definition of Catherine the Great
1. Noun. Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catherine The Great
Literary usage of Catherine the Great
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1916)
"Catherine the Great: THE DEFEAT OF TURKEY AND THE DISMEMBERMENT OF POLAND It is
hardly possible to feel much respect for the character of the Russian rulers ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1854)
"Certainly the manner» of the people, especially of the higher classes, had improved
considerably in the days of Catherine the Great, whatever their morale ..."
3. Russia and Poland by William Richard Morfill (1906)
"Chapter IX Catherine the Great. 1762-1796 CATHERINE was not allowed to spend the
early days of her reign in tranquillity. There were mutinous signs among ..."
4. Poland of To-day and Yesterday: A Review of Its History, Past and Present by Nevin Otto Winter (1913)
"Catherine the Great was a student of the popular French philosophy of that period.
For fifteen years she kept up a correspondence with Voltaire. ..."
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