Great Catherine (53 page)

countries treasury problems, 286, 298 Voltaire's interest in, 236 wars. See Prussia; Russo-Turkish wars;

Sweden women's low status in, 58-59, 168 Russian Orthodox Church. See Orthodox

Church Russo-Turkish wars, 276-79, 283, 286, 288, 297, 300-301, 312, 314, 355-56, 364, 365 peace treaty, 312, 314, 316

Saltykov, Sergei, 99-100, 122, 123, 126,

130, 138, 142, 161, 162, 199, 200,

202-3, 318 Catherine's pregnancies by, 121, 124-25,

131-34, 138, 184, 281; see also Paul I seduction of Catherine, 114-21. Schaglikov, Mademoiselle, 198, 199 Scherbatov, Daria, 360, 361, 362 Schlussburg fortress, 199, 219, 225, 265 Secret Branch, 250, 253, 257, 287 Secret Chancery, 109-12, 132, 143

Peter's abolishment of, 197 Segur, Count Louis-Philippe de, 344, 346,

347, 348, 349, 353 Semenovsky Regiment, 188, 214-15 Serfdom, 270, 272

Shafirov, Martha and Anna, 120-21, 130 Shkurin, Vasily, 246, 250 Shulkov (Elizabeth's bodyguard), 83 Shuvalov, Alexander, 110, 123, 132, 133,

134, 136, 143, 146, 148, 152, 167, 171,

172, 176, 177, 179, 187, 219, 220, 222,

223 Shuvalov, Countess, 96, 133, 135 Shuvalov, Ivan, 110, 123, 132, 134, 136,

143, 148, 152, 156, 157, 158, 164, 167,

171, 187 Shuvalov, Peter, 143, 154, 156, 157, 158,

167, 171, 174, 181-82, 187, 191 Smolny Institute, 311 Sophia (Sophie) Augusta Fredericka of

Anhalt-Zerbst. See Catherine II (the

Great) Sophie Christine of Anhalt-Zerbst, 16 Stroganov, Baron, 156 Suvorov, General, 355-56 Sweden, 18, 23, 24, 138, 142, 190 king's betrothal to Catherine's

granddaughter, 378-79, 380 war with Russia, 358-59, 364-65

St. Petersburg

Catherine and Peter's wedding in, 72 Catherine's first journey to, 33-38 Catherine's masked ball in, 261 Catherine's takeover, 211, 215-20, 226 as seat of Catherine's government,

259 Swedish attack on, 364-65 see also Oranienbaum estate

Saldern, Caspar von, 283

Saltykov, Pierre, 114, 115

Tacitus, 140-41, 157 Taliesin, Admiral, 218 Tatars, 230, 269 Tauride Region. See Crimea Teplof, Madame, 164 Teplov (Panin's assistant), 233 Todorsky, Simon, 46-48, 52-53 Torgua, Battle of, 186 Trebor (cadet), 110

Trubetskoy, Alexander, 99-100, 219, 220, 222, 223, 245, 246

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Turchaninov (assassin), 43 Turkey, 336, 350, 353, 364; see also Russo-Turkish wars

Ukraine, 230, 311, 376

Vassilchikov, Alexander, 287, 288, 289,

301-2, 303, 304, 318 Veliky, Simon, 283 Versailles, 70, 146 Villebois, General de, 215 Voinova, Catherine, 106-7 Vokheikov, Colonel, 36 Volga River, 268-69, 272-73 Volkonsky, Prince, 299 Voltaire, 140, 147, 183, 23S-36, 275, 276,

278, 292, 317, 335, 338, 350, 374 Vorontzov, Catherine. See Dashkov,

Catherine Vorontzov, Elizabeth, 137, 165-66, 167,

168, 172, 174, 176, 185, 197-99, 200,

201, 207, 221, 223, 224, 225

Vorontzov, Michael, 165, 168, 171, 185, 187, 190, 197, 219, 222, 223

Wagner, Pastor, 7-9, 52

Wilhelm of Anhalt-Zerbst, 4, 6, 10, 15, 20

Wilhelm of Saxe-Gotha, 20

Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt. See

Natalia Wladislava, Madame, 134-35, 136, 172,

173, 174, 176 Wolfenstierna (Swedish ambassador), 94-95

Yaik Cossacks, 289, 291, 294 Yermolov, Alexander, 344 Yevrenev, Timofei, 84

Zavadovsky, Peter, 321, 326-29, 359 Zelmira, 351 Zernichev, Count, 60 Zorich, Simon, 328, 329 Zorndorf, Battle of, 181 Zubov, Platon, 363, 364, 365, 370, 372-74, 376-77, 380, 381