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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Empress of Russia (1725–1727) as successor to her husband, Peter the Great. She founded the Russian Academy of Sciences (1725).

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  • noun empress of Russia who succeeded her husband Peter the Great (1684-1727)

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  • To save the besieged Russian army, Catherine I, wife of Emperor Peter the Great, made a peace deal with Grand Vizier Baltaci Mehmet Pasha for Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III in which she handed over her jewels to him, likely among them the diamonds in this sale that were later used to make this Turkish Imperial set.

    Geneva Auctions Glitter Margaret Studer 2011

  • Instead of going out for inclusion classes, I shook my head and told Catherine I didn’t want to go.

    out of my mind SHARON M. DRAPER 2010

  • Instead of going out for inclusion classes, I shook my head and told Catherine I didn’t want to go.

    out of my mind SHARON M. DRAPER 2010

  • Instead of going out for inclusion classes, I shook my head and told Catherine I didn’t want to go.

    out of my mind SHARON M. DRAPER 2010

  • Instead of going out for inclusion classes, I shook my head and told Catherine I didn’t want to go.

    out of my mind SHARON M. DRAPER 2010

  • On Peter’s death in 1735 the throne was seized by his wife, Catherine I, grandmother of Peter, the real heir, who was set aside, the chief power being in the hands of Prince Menshikov.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • On Peter’s death in 1735 the throne was seized by his wife, Catherine I, grandmother of Peter, the real heir, who was set aside, the chief power being in the hands of Prince Menshikov.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • On Peter’s death in 1735 the throne was seized by his wife, Catherine I, grandmother of Peter, the real heir, who was set aside, the chief power being in the hands of Prince Menshikov.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

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