All 3 Uses of
Catherine the Great
in
War and Peace
- They went into the reception room familiar to Pierre, with two Italian windows opening into the conservatory, with its large bust and full length portrait of Catherine the Great.†
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- There was now no one in the reception room except Prince Vasili and the eldest princess, who were sitting under the portrait of Catherine the Great and talking eagerly.†
Chpt 1
- Catherine the Great could not have done more," said Napoleon, growing more and more excited as he paced up and down the room, repeating to Balashev almost the very words he had used to Alexander himself at Tilsit.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(Catherine the Great) empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)