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Catherine Ii
see synonyms of catherine iiNoun
1. catherine, catherine ii, catherine the great
empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
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Catherine Ii
see synonyms of catherine iinoun
known as Catherine the Great. 1729–96, empress of Russia (1762–96), during whose reign Russia extended her boundaries at the expense of Turkey, Sweden, and Poland: she was a patron of literature and the arts
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Catherine Ii
see synonyms of catherine ii Empress of Russia (1762-1796) after her husband, Peter III (1728-1762), was deposed by a group led by her lover. She vastly increased the territory of the empire through conquest and three partitions of Poland.
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