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Auction: SW1006 - The Collector's Series, including important Chile and Portugal
Lot: 758

CATHERINE II THE GREAT (1729-1796), Empress Regant of Russia. The most renowned and longest-ruling female leader of Russia. Under her rule, Russia grew stronger than ever and became one of the great powers of Europe. Catherine the Great promoted a vast campaign of reforms inspired by the Enlightenment, and was the architect of vast new territorial conquests making the Russian Empire larger than ever. From 1788 to 1790 Russia fought in the Russo-Swedish War against Sweden, a conflict instigated by Sweden with the aim of  overtaking the Russian armies still engaged in war against the Ottoman Turks and hoping to strike Saint Petersburg directly. Letter from Saint Petersburg to the Lieutenant General and Governor of Pskov, written in Russian with interesting contents about the Russian-Swedish War including the enlistment of men in Pskov for the war against "our enemy the King of Sweden", signed "Ekaterina". (An Italian translation of the letter is included). Very scarce and most desirable, featuring an important historic event during Catherine´s rule.

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