Catherine II

The toast, proposed by the Senior Member, Robert Shackleton – later Bodley's Librarian, the head of the Bodleian – was, for a reason known only to him, "Her late Majesty the Empress Catherine II of all the Russias".

Hugh Muir's diary 2011

They put Mao up in a palace that goes back to Catherine II, with a four-poster bed of some sort, with soft pillows.

Khrushchev: The Man and His Era (Part 2) 2003

His successor, Catherine II, recalled her troops from Frederick's army; nevertheless their inactivity upon the field contributed to the victory of Frederick at Burkersdorf (July 21) over the Austrians.

1761 2001

Catherine II, in Mr. Nabokov's admirable expression, "of course… was a Germanic forerunner of Stalin."

Cranberry Jello Tarassuk, Leonid 1978

All I did is to correct the term "briefly" in the book's account of Potiomkin's love affair with Catherine II.

Cranberry Sauce Struve, Gleb 1977

Catherine II: Not I but In the Russian Style published, for no evident reason (certainly not to illustrate costumes), several little ovals with reproductions of a selection of Catherine II's lovers.

Cranberry Sauce Struve, Gleb 1977

Of course Catherine II was a Germanic forerunner of Stalin.

Cranberry Sauce Struve, Gleb 1977

Catherine II. had no sooner mounted the throne than she began to pay a commissioner at this literary court, and even Maria Theresa distinguished Madame

International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 Various

All of these are of great size of massive silver, and, presented by Catherine II. in 1767, are specimens of silver work of that time.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

This unfortunate man, however, only reigned six months, having been dethroned and put to death by order of his wife, who became Empress of Russia under the title of Catherine II.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various