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On
9 July 1762 Catherine II (the Great) became Empress of Russia.
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1RD-23-A1761
Portrait of Catherine before she became Empress, by Pietro Antonio Rotari, circa 1761...
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1RD-23-A1763
... and a 1763 portrait as Empress by Fiodor Rokotov
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1RD-23-E1762-1
Catherine cheered as she assumes power in an engraving by Carl August Schwerdge
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1RD-23-I1762-1
Francesco Solimena's 1690 Allegory of the Good Reign with a later addition of a portrait of Empress Catherine II
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1RD-23-I1762-10
Francesco Fontebasso, Accession to the Throne of Catherine II, 1762
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1RD-23-S1762
Rescript of Catherine the Great on the occasion of her coming into power
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1RD-23-A1760-20
A portrait, circa 1760, by an unknown hand of Catherine as Grand Duchess
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1RD-23-A1770-50
Rokotov's portrait of Catherine, circa 1770
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1RD-23-A1770-80
Rokotov's 1770 portrait of Catherine in traditional dress
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1RD-23-A1783-10
Catherine as law-giver, in a 1783 painting by Dimitri Levitzki
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1RD-23-E1791-4
A detail from Andreas Hüne's 1791 painting Catherine the Great places Turkish trophies at the grave of Peter the Great
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1RD-23-G1792-B
L'enjambée impériale, a caricature of Russian plans to take over Constantinople, after 1791
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9FK-1792-0-0-C2
Caricature of France fighting against a coalition of Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Russia and others, in a Cruikshank etching, 1792
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7RD-R1-RIA-311130
Torelli's portrait of Catherine, undated
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1RD-23-H1780
Commemorative copper coin with a portrait of Catherine by Timofey Ivanoff
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1RD-23-H1-1900
A 1900 photochrome of Ostrovsky Square, St Petersburg, with the monument to Catherine unveiled in 1873
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1RD-41-A2
Two portraits of Catherine's adviser and favourite: one circa 1790 by Levizky...
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... and a portrait by an anonymous painter, circa 1780
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1RD-77-A1760-10
A portrait of Catherine's husband Peter III, circa 1760
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2-G53-I1-220
The orb from the Crown Jewels made for the coronation of Catherine, 1762
akg-images / RIA Novosti
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5RD-L1-Y1-1760-1
View of St Petersburg with the Peter and Paul Fortress in the background at the time of the coronation
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7RD-R1-RIA06-016477_2089
The Great Imperial Crown from the Crown Jewels made for the coronation of Catherine, 1762
akg-images/ RIA Novosti
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7US-N1-GEUR2A-00127
A street in Moscow at the time of Catherine the Great
akg-images / North Wind Pictures Archives
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7RD-R1-RIA-772578
The Smolny Institute for Girls, founded by Catherine the Great. This building dates 1806-08.
akg-images / RIA Novosti
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7US-N1-PROY2A-00173
A 19th-century illustration of the coronation of Catherine
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