Yekaterina II dari Rusia

Yekaterina (Catherine) II Alekseyevna of Russia, bergelar yang Agung (bahasa Rusia: Екатерина II Великая, Yekaterina II Velikaya; 2 May [K.J.: 21 April] 1729 – 17 November [K.J.: 6 November] 1796) adalah seorang Tsarina Rusia yang berkuasa selama 34 tahun, dari tanggal 28 Juni 1762 sampai kematiannya. Ia meninggal karena stroke pada tanggal 15 November, 1796 dan dimakamkan di Katedral Peter dan Paul, Saint Petersburg.

Katarina yang Agung
Tsarina Rusia
Katarina yang Agung
Berkuasa	28 Juni 1762 – 15 November 1796
Penobatan	12 September 1762
Pendahulu	Peter III dari Rusia
Penerus	Paul I dari Rusia
Pemakaman	Katedral Peter dan Paul di Saint Petersburg
Istri	Peter III dari Rusia
Keturunan	Paul Anna Petrovna (1757-1759) Aleksey
Nama lengkap Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst
Ayah	Christian Augustus, Pangeran Anhalt-Zerbst
Ibu	Johanna Elisabeth dari Holstein-Gottorp
Tanda tangan

Jaman pemerintahannya disebut Era Katerinian dan sering dianggap sebagai jaman kejayaan Rusia.

Pranala luar

• Catherine the Great @ Chronology World History Database
• Some of the code of laws mentioned above, along with other information
• Manifesto of the Empress Catherine II, inviting foreign immigration
• Information about the Battle of Svenskund and the war
• Historical Myths: The Death of Catherine the Great
• Catherine the Great of Russia
• Briefly about Catherine: The Enlightened Despots
• (Rusia) Family tree of the ancestors of Catherine the Great
• The Princess Who Become Catherine the Great @ the Ursula's History Web
• Filmography: The Scarlet Empress (1934), Directed by Josef von Sternberg, with Marlene Dietrich as Catherine II of Russia; Catherine the Great (1934)
• Douglas Smith, Love and Conquest: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin

Daftar pustaka

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• Dixon, Simon. Catherine the Great (Profiles in Power). Harlow, UK: Longman, 2001 (paperback, ISBN 0-582-09803-3).
• Herman, Eleanor. Sex With the Queen. New York: HarperCollins, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN 0-06-084673-9).
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• The Memoirs of Catherine the Great by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom (translators). New York: Modern Library, 2005 (hardcover, ISBN 0-679-64299-4); 2006 (paperback, ISBN 0-8129-6987-1).
• Montefiore, Simon Sebag. Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner. New York: Vintage, 2005 (paperback, ISBN 1-4000-7717-6).
• Rounding, Virginia (2006). Catherine the Great: Love, Sex and Power. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-179992-9. 
  • Reviewed by Charlotte Hobson in The Spectator, April 15, 2006.
  • Reviewed by Catriona Kelly in The Guardian, April 1, 2006.
  • Reviewed by Simon Sebag Montefiore in The Telegraph, April 17, 2006.
• Smith, Douglas, ed. and trans. Love and Conquest: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois UP, 2004 (hardcover, ISBN 0-87580-324-5); 2005 (paperback ISBN 0-87580-607-4).
• Troyat, Henri. Catherine the Great. New York: Dorset Press, 1991 (hardcover, ISBN 0-88029-688-7); London: Orion, 2000 (paperback, ISBN 1-84212-029-8).
• Troyat, Henri. Terrible Tsarinas. New York: Algora, 2001 (ISBN 1-892941-54-6).