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Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Admired for her achievements and satirized for her personal life, Catherine the Great was one of the most celebrated monarchs in history, turning eighteenth-century Russia into arguably the largest and most powerful state since the fall of the Roman Empire. She promoted radical political ideas while emphasizing moderation in government. She could be ruthless when necessary, but she charmed…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Empress, empire-builder, intellectual, art-collector, and lover — this magnificent new biography does full justice to a truly remarkable ruler. When Catherine II died in St Petersburg in 1796, the world sensed the loss of the most celebrated monarch of Europe — something no one would have predicted at the birth 67 years before of an obscure German princess, Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, later married…