Empress Catherine II

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Catherine_the_Great
gptkbp:birthDate 1729-05-02
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Sophie_Friederike_Auguste_von_Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Stettin,_Kingdom_of_Prussia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral,_Saint_Petersburg
gptkbp:child gptkb:Paul_I_of_Russia
gptkbp:coronationDate 1762-09-22
gptkbp:deathDate 1796-11-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Saint_Petersburg,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Romanov
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Empress Catherine II
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Pugachev's_Rebellion
gptkb:partitions_of_Poland
gptkb:Russian_Enlightenment
gptkb:Crimean_annexation
gptkb:Westernization_of_Russia
gptkb:Charter_to_the_Nobility
gptkb:Nakaz_(Instruction)
promotion of science
patronage of the arts
legal reforms
support for the arts
Enlightenment reforms
expansion of the Russian Empire
secularization of church lands
Black Sea expansion
Hermitage Museum foundation
abolition of capital punishment (attempted)
building of new towns
correspondence with Diderot
correspondence with Grimm
correspondence with Voltaire
expansion of education for women
founding the Smolny Institute
promotion of smallpox inoculation
relationship with Grigory Orlov
relationship with Grigory Potemkin
relationship with Stanisław August Poniatowski
serfdom policies
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Peter_III_of_Russia
gptkbp:reignEnd 1796-11-17
gptkbp:reignStart 1762-07-09
gptkbp:religion Russian Orthodox
gptkbp:signature Catherine II signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Peter_III_of_Russia
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Paul_I_of_Russia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Russian_Imperial_family
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6