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Catherine the Great

Posted by cmscotland on 26 September 2017, 9:15 pm

Catherine the Great, also known as Catherine II, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796, making her the longest reigning woman in Russia. She was born on May 2, 1729 in Stettin, Prussia into a royal family with the birth name Sophie Friederike Auguste. Her father was a prince of their village where …

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