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6 days ago · Catherine the Great (born April 21 [May 2, New Style], 1729, Stettin, Prussia [now Szczecin, Poland]—died November 6 [November 17], 1796, Tsarskoye Selo [now Pushkin], near St. Petersburg, Russia) was a German-born empress of Russia (1762–96) who led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of Europe, carrying ...
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Apr 29, 2024 · Saint Catherine of Siena, like the Christ she loved and served so well, lived a brief life of 33 years, yet moved the world in the time she was given. Born in 1347, and who died on this day in 1380, and was in no uncertain terms a remarkable woman. She was the 22nd child (!) of Lapa, the daughter of a local poet, and Giacomo di Benincasa – a ...
1 day ago · There are some really great mothers in fiction, especially in children’s books. Mothers who are kind, loving, encouraging, supportive, and so much more. They play an integral role on the story, usually for theirimpact on their child(ren).
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Apr 25, 2024 · Earlier this year, I (Clara) had the opportunity to interview Catherine Ruth Pakaluk about her new book, Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, released in March 2024. Dr. Pakaluk is an Associate Professor at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America.
Apr 29, 2024 · When she was born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhelt-Zerbs was minor nobility, expected to live her life in obscurity. But she was clever, canny, and ambitious. She married the heir to the Russian throne when she was 13, converted to the Russian Orthodox church, and took a new name: Catherine. And in 1762, she took the
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May 2, 2024 · Another biography of Catherine the Great? Simon Dixon locates his new book somewhere between Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great by Isabel de Madariaga , which he terms ‘the most important (and appropriately weighty) study of Catherine’s reign in any language,’ and John T. Alexander’s Catherine the Great: Life and Legend, ‘the first modern scholarly biography, particularly ...
Apr 20, 2024 · Grigory Orlov (born October 6 [October 17, New Style], 1734, Lyutkino, Tver province, Russia—died April 13 [April 24], 1783, Neskuchnoye, near Moscow) was a military officer and lover of Catherine the Great, empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. He organized the coup d’état that placed Catherine on the Russian throne and subsequently was ...
