[DOC] [TLE] Catherine the Great - Wikipedia [PAR] Catherine II of Russia also known as Catherine the Great was the most renowned 
and the ... Full name. Sophie Friederike Auguste ... Catherine's father, Christian 
August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, belonged to the ruling German family ... not only 
with the Empress Elizabeth, but with her husband and with the Russian people. [DOC] [TLE] Catherine II - Emperor - Biography.com [PAR] Oct 6, 2015 ... Biography.com profiles Catherine II, the Russian empress who reorganized ... 
Velikaya: Yekaterina Alekseyevna: Catherine the Great; Full Name ... 1761, 
Catherine's husband assumed the throne, becoming Peter III, ... The pair were 
leading separate lives at this point, and she had little to do with his rule. [DOC] [TLE] 8 Things You Didn't Know About Catherine the Great - History in the ... [PAR] Jul 9, 2012 ... Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796) was one of history's most unlikely rulers. After 
marrying into Russia's Romanov family, she found herself part of a coup to ... to 
Orthodox Christianity) now bearing the name Ekaterina, or Catherine. 2. ... While 
historians today believe that Catherine's claims were simply an... [DOC] [TLE] Catherine the Great | Biography, Facts, & Accomplishments ... [PAR] Sep 28, 2016 ... Empress of Russia (176296) who led her country into full ... Catherine II, 
Russian in full Yekaterina Alekseyevna, original name ... The marriage was a 
complete failure; the following 18 years were filled with disappointment and 
humiliation for her. ... Russia: The reign of Catherine II (the Great; 176296). [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 
... Her parents were very concerned that their daughter marry and make a good 
match. ... However, Catherine had already met her husband to-be, who was one 
of her ... Peter's inferiority was the first step to their mutual dislike, which led to 
fatal... [DOC] [TLE] Catherine I  Russiapedia The Romanov dynasty Prominent Russians [PAR] Russian Empress Catherine I was the second wife of Peter I the Great and ... Her 
original name was Marta Skowronska, and it is not an exaggeration to say her ... 
Gluck was a highly educated man and was the first in Marienburg to translate the 
... The marriage is said to have been arranged by Pastor Gluck's wife who was... [DOC] [TLE] Catherine the Great: Love, Sex and Power, by Virginia Rounding [PAR] One of her first instructions to them was to obtain a map of Russia from the 
Academy of Sciences. .... Catherine II, who ruled Russia for 34 years after 
overthrowing her husband in a ... Sophie took the name Catherine when she 
converted to the Orthodox church. .... Three of her lovers were men of 
considerable distinction. [DOC] [TLE] Russian Czars, 1613-1917 [PAR] According to Russian custom, the czars were addressed by their patronymic, a 
traditional form of respect used by men and women even in present day Russia. 
In forming a patronymic, the person's given name is followed by his or her father's 
... He was killed after a palace revolution led by his wife, Catherine II, in 1762. 12. [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - Catherine the Great [PAR] Russian empress for more than 30 years. ... Sophie Friederike Auguste von 
Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, ... Orthodox Church, and 
changing her name to Catherine, she married Grand Duke ... Catherine's major 
influences on her adopted country were in expanding Russia's borders and 
continuing the... [DOC] [TLE] When Catherine the Great Invaded the Crimea and Put the Rest of ... [PAR] Mar 4, 2014 ... Nearly 250 years ago, Empress Catherine II the Great played a ... They were 
married in St. Petersburg in 1745, and Sophie embraced her new home. She 
converted from Lutheranism to the Russian Orthodox faith, changed her name to 
... Catherine founded Russia's first state funded school for women in... [DOC] [TLE] Catherine the Great [PAR] Annotated

Question: Russia's Catherines I and II were married to men with this first name
Answer: Peter