Dakulang Catherine

21 Abril] 1729 – Nobyembre 17, [O.S. 6 November] 1796), midbid siya sa apod na Dakulang Catherine (Екатери́на Вели́кая, Yekaterina Velikaya), pinangaki na Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, Imperatris kan Russia puon kan 1762 hanggang 1796, an babaying lider na pinakahalawig na nagsirbe. Nakua niya an kapangyarihan sumunod sa coup d'état na tig-organiisa niya na nagpangyari na mapatalsik si Peter III. sa irarom kan saiyang pamamahala,, an Russia nabuhayan; ini nagparadakula asin nagkusog, ini man binisto na saro sa makusog na pwersa sa Europa. Alagad siya nang agaw nin trono mientras an saiyang aki na si Paul I an dapat na sar pagkagadan ni Peter III.

Catherine II
Portrait of Catherine II in her 50s, by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
Empress of Russia
Panahon kan Kapanyarihan	9 July 1762 – 17 November 1796
Coronation	22 September 1762
Suminunod ki	Peter III
Sinundan ni	Paul I
Iminundag	Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst 2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland)
Nagadan	17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796 (aged 67) Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Pigburol	Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg
Isyu among others…	Paul I of Russia
Bilog na Pangaran Aleman: Sophie Friederike Auguste Russian: Yekaterina Alekseyevna Romanova English: Catherine Alexeievna Romanova
Harong	Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (by marriage) Ascania (by birth)
Amá	Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Iná	Princess Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
Relihiyon	Russian Orthodox (1744–1796) prev. Lutheran (1729–1744)
Pirma

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  Si Catherine kan aki pa pakatapos niya makaabot sa Russia, ni Louis Caravaque
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  Dakilang Catherine
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  Marmol na istatwa ni Catherine II sa likod ni Minerva (1789–1790), niFedot Shubin
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  Catherine II sa saiyang Russian national costume
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  Ladawan ni Catherine kan 179,edad haros 65, na igwang Chesme Column sa likod