Catherine II without retouching

The glory of the reign of Catherine II could not eclipse by none of the subsequent Russian monarchs. In wars, she was the winner, attaching the richest areas in the south and west to Russia, as the legislator drawn wise and fair laws, respected the rights of all peoples subordinate to her power, all the religions were Her Chtima. Catherine II peacefully completed the fact that Peter I was forced to establish forcibly. However, the personal life of the empress is full of drama: she was denied a simple happiness of the mother - to raise her child, was not given to meet the only one who divorces her views and beliefs to a man. And sometimes it is difficult to understand that he managed it in a particular situation - the wisdom of the sophisticated policy or annoyance is unhappy in his choice of a woman? This publication includes memories of the closest people, proxies, fragments of correspondence, rare documents and evidence, allowing to look at Empress Catherine II Unbiased, to know which it was in everyday life, outside the court etiquette, and in a new way to evaluate the results of its board