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I have no way to defend my borders but to extend them. - Catherine II of Russia
" "I have no way to defend my borders but to extend them.
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Catherine II of Russia or Catherine the Great (Екатерина II Алексеевна [Yekaterína II Alekséyevna] (21 April 1729 {2 May O.S.} – 6 November 1796 {17 November O.S.}) reigned as Empress of Russia for more than three decades; born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was the daughter of Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Joanna Elisabeth of Golstein-Gottorp.
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Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst
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Empress Catherine II
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Catherine II
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Ekaterina II of Russia
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Catherine the Great
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Catherine II, Czarina of Russia
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Catherine II, Empress of Russia
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Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst
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Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst
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Ekaterina Alexeyevna of Russia
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Catherine Romanova
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Catherine Alexeievna Romanova
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Ekaterina Alexeyevna Romanova
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Yekaterina Alekseyevna
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Catharine II.
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Catharine II, the Great
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Catharine II the Great
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The Equality of the Citizens consists in this; that they should all be subject to the same Laws. This Equality requires Institutions so well adapted, as to prevent the Rich from oppressing those who are not so wealthy as themselves, and converting all the Charges and Employments intrusted to them as Magistrates only, to their own private Emolument....
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