Российские амазонки на службе ее величества
Journal: Диалог со временем
Year: 2010

The myth about female warriors has been used for various purposes, including dip- lomatic and military, ones. This article examines a little-known episode that took place during the visit of Catherine II's court and foreign diplomats to the Crimea in 1787. The purpose of the visit was to demonstrate the military might of the Russian state to the Sublime Porte and her western allies. The foreign diplomats who travelled with the Empress were quite impressed by a corps of armed women under the comm