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Catherine the Great of Russia
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by Jack Stovel
Castilleja School
Palo Alto, California
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r. 1762-1796
Ursula's History Web has a long, adoring article on Catherine the Great. It was written by the Web keeper, Ursula Grosser Dixon, who describes herself as a novice historian. She addresses the men in Catherine's life and how Catherine died in another section. There is another article on Catherine at the Alexander Palace Time Machine, lovingly created by Bob Atchison, which is continually updated and has become a major trove of Romanov information. About.com also has an article with links.
 http://members.tripod.com/~Nevermore/Cgreat7.htm
www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/catherine.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/catherinegreat/p/catherinegreat.htm
The State Hermitage Museum Web site has a nice page about the material high culture of Catherine's time. Saint-Petersburg.com has a good set of pages about the city during Catherine's era, with a discussion of her role in the life of the city.
www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_6_4.html
www.saint-petersburg.com/history/grandcity.asp
The New York Public Library site has an attractive section on the Age of Catherine the Great from its exhibit, Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825, with subsections on the personalities and themes of the era.
http://russia.nypl.org/level4.html
Students who explore these sites will find out enough about Catherine's policies to make their own judgments about her.
It is hard to escape scurrilous tidbits about Catherine. Some may be found at:
www.historyhouse.com/in_history/catherine_one
www.historyhouse.com/in_history/catherine_two
www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_109
The latter says basically: they ain't true.
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