[DOC] [TLE] Catherine the Great - Wikipedia [PAR] Catherine II of Russia also known as Catherine the Great was the most renowned 
and the ..... In 1764, Catherine placed Stanisaw Poniatowski, her former lover, on 
the Polish throne. .... she wore the sashes of three orders, and her costume was 
both simple and regal; ..... A further 2.8 million belonged to the Russian state. [DOC] [TLE] Catherine II facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Get information, facts, and pictures about Catherine II at Encyclopedia.com. ... 
Backed by Frederick the Great of Prussia, Sophia followed Peter to Russia in 
1744, where she ... She perused the whole spectrum of state policies, reviewed 
policies of ... in alliance with Prussia from 1764, led to intervention in Poland-
Lithuania. [DOC] [TLE] Russia - The reign of Catherine II (the Great; 1762-96) | history ... [PAR] Aug 19, 2016 ... Thus began the long and important reign of Catherine II, whom her ... scholars 
have seen Catherine's government as working to further ... All the same, 
Catherine believed that the autocratic state had ... Exploring Russia: Fact or 
Fiction? .... helped to enforce orders received from the central authorities, and... [DOC] [TLE] Catherine II the Great  Russiapedia The Romanov dynasty ... [PAR] During her rule from 1762 to 1796 the Russian Empress Catherine II made such 
... of Poland in 1764), none used his status close to the Empress to affect state ... 
Extensive traveling demonstrated in Catherine a great thirst for exploring the 
empire. .... She ordered 144 new cities and towns built, founding more than four 
cities... [DOC] [TLE] Catherine II - Emperor - Biography.com [PAR] Oct 6, 2015 ... Biography.com profiles Catherine II, the Russian empress who reorganized ... 
Catherine II, often called Catherine the Great, was born on May 2, 1729, ... Orlov, 
a Russian lieutenant, along with several others in order to unseat Peter. ... more 
than one million serfs, became state property and subject to taxes. [DOC] [TLE] Campaigns in the 18th Century - Russian Navy [PAR] Bering painstakingly recorded for future generations of mapmakers the southeast 
and ... of Bering and Chirikov, the ships reached the North American continent. ... 
In opposition to the French, Russian Empress Anna ordered that August III be .... 
Catherine II appointed her son Paul General-Admiral of the fleet, a move that... [DOC] [TLE] The Plans for Russian Expansion in the New World and the North ... [PAR] The theme of Russian expansion in the New World and North Pacific in the ... 
which governed Alaska until 1867 when it was sold to the United States (Fort 
Ross had .... Ocean as a future flowering of the Russian Empire.17 The Moscow 
historian .... Empress Catherine II, in a decree of May 4, 1764, commanded the 
Admiralty... [DOC] [TLE] Art and Power in the Reign of Catherine the Great - Academic ... [PAR] Russian empress actively exploited the portrait medium in order to .... to the 
Russian court, wrote to Catherine II, Empress of Russia, to request a ... the 
narrative of her reign and I interpret the state portraits as an important if .... 
Emperor: Portraits of Aleksei and Petr I, in Picturing Russia: Explorations in .... 
1764-1914 (St. [DOC] [TLE] The Germans from Russia - ND Studies [PAR] July 1763: Catherine II of Russia issues her second manifesto ... 1764-67: 
Founding of German colonies along the Lower Volga River ... United States 
purchases French Louisiana. .... eastern front during World War I. The war 
caused further difficulties for Germans in Russia. ... 1916: Volga Germans 
ordered to be banished [DOC] [TLE] Empires In The Northwest | American History Lives at American ... [PAR] The Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, thought it would be a neat coup if he could 
beat ... to England to report and to prepare for further exploration the following 
spring. .... Bering was ordered to go across the almost trackless continent to 
Kamchatka, ..... The spoons, Cook decided, were of Spanish originand he 
caused future... [DOC] [TLE] TIMELINE 18th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE WESTERNS WEB ... [PAR]

Question: In 1764 Catherine II of Russia ordered further exploration of this future U.S. state
Answer: Alaska