In Creating the Empress, Vera Proskurina examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial imag
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Featuring rare letters of recommendation and military manuals, this is the first book to explore the intersection of the
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War and Enlightenment in Russia explores how members of the military during the reign of Catherine II reconciled Enlight
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John Rogers here addresses the literary and ideological consequences of the remarkable, if improbable, alliance between
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Luongo investigates how Catherine's spiritual authority and sanctity were linked with contemporary political and cu
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This collection of essays, written for this volume and often using unpublished and archival materials, converges around
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