Posted AT 10:47 AM EST on 01/10/05
O Catherine, where art thou?
I know what you're thinking. Catherine the Great may be known to historians for many things -- expanding the Russian empire through her military feats; bringing the ideals of the French Enlightenment to her adopted homeland; revamping the economic and social fabric of her society through the drafting and enactment of progressive new legislation; serving as a brilliant patron of culture and education; creating one of the most dazzling courts of 18th-century Europe.
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