Catherine the Great. Empress created only for Russia

The book of the famous military historian and writer Alexei Vasilyevich Shishov is devoted to an outstanding figure in the history of Russia - the Empress of the All -Russian Catherine II, no less known as Catherine the Great (1729 - 1796), which ruled for a long time, the third century.
"The Golden Age" of the reign of Catherine II approved the Russian Empire before the whole world in the rank of a great power. She ascended the throne thanks to the conspiracy in the guard and established herself on it after the murders of Peter III and Ivan VI. The Russified German Princess, taking the crown of the Romanov dynasty from the native son of Paul I, the rules of a huge state firmly, consistently and purposefully. With it, Russia was by force of weapons on the shores of the Black Sea and in the Caucasus, acquired Crimea and part of Poland, withstood the testing of the Pugachev riot.
The host of favorites and the vast galaxy of the brilliant husbands of the Fatherland and commanders, she began every morning with the decision of the state affairs. The burden of the highest power was for her.
The Great Catherine for us is the hero and at the same time antihero of Russian history, the brave warrior and master of political intrigue, reformer and writer. And every serious book about her is a new reading of the biography of Catherine II, which elevated Russia to the height of power and glory.
The book is recommended by a wide reader audience