INDEX

Adadurov, 141

Adolph Friedrich of Holstein, 53

d’Alembert, 269

Alexander, Grand Duke, later Alexander I, 259, 279, 284-285, 294

Alexandrina, Princess, 208, 315-321

Alexei Michaelovich, 40, 212

Alexei Petrovich, 38, 48

Anna Ivanovna, Empress of Russia, 45, 47, 96

Anna Leopoldovna, 45, 46, 102, 164

Anna Petrovna, 13, 45

Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, 45, 52

Apraxin, General, 141-146

Arsenii of Rostov, 311

August the Strong, 132

Babet, nickname of Elisabeth Cardel, 24

Bariatinsky, Prince Feodor, 167, 173, 174, 175, 309

Bergholz, 173

Bestushev, 55, 73, 90, 104, 135, 141, 181

Bibikov, 166, 215

Bilbassov, 51, 142, 143, 155, 194, 259

Bjelke, Madame, 208

Bobrinsky, Alexei Gregorevich, 159, 268

Bolhagen, 23

Branicky, Countess, 242, 248, 264

Brockdorf, Herr, 126, 129

Bruce, Countess, 208, 234

Brückner, 170, 228, 275

Brümmer, 57, 62, 64, 173

Burgoyne, General, 281

Cagliostro, 296

Cardel, Elisabeth, 24-26, 28, 34, 284

Casimir, Jan, 197

Catherine I, 41, 44, 45, 46, 49

Catherine the Great,

Baptised Sophie Auguste Friedrike, (Fike), Princess of Zerbst, 11

Birth, 10

Education, 22

Childhood, 32

Meeting with Frederick the Great, 67

Journey to Russia, 66-71

Arrival in Russia, 71

Conversion to Greek faith, 80-83

Enters the Greek Church, 84-88

Sophie Auguste Friedrike becomes Catherine Alexeievna, 85

Marriage, 96-100

Relation to Saltikov, 118

Gives birth to an heir, 120

Relations with Peter III, 126, 130

Birth of Grand Duchess Anna, 137

Complicity in the Apraxin affair, 141-146

Birth of Bobrinsky, 159

Manifesto of 1762, 169

Revolution of 1762, 161-180

Coronation, 183-184

Foreign Policy, 180, 193, 251

Manifesto of Silence, 187

Partition of Poland, 195-204

Census of Russia, 204-206

Reign, 207

Reforms affecting women, 208-211

Foundling Hospital, 209

Domestic Policy, 211-216

Instruction for a Code of Laws, 212

Attitude toward serfdom, 215

Campaign against smallpox, 216-222

Crimean journey, 248-249

Acquisition of Crimea, 250-251

The French Revolution, 251, 311-315

Pugachev’s Rebellion, 312

Turkish Wars, 251-259

Favorites, 231-237, 259-262

Relation with Poniatovsky, 133-139

Attempted marriage with Orlov, 184-188

Relation with Potiomkin, 237

Relation with Zubov, 301-308

Birth of Grandsons, 279

Education of Grandsons, 281-287

Writings, 292-299

Comedies, 295

Failure of the Swedish Marriage, 315-321

Death, 323-325

Charles XII of Sweden, 8

Chernichev, Andrei, 259

Chetardie, 91

Chitrovo, 186

Choglokov, Maria, 104, 118, 236

Choiseul, 193

Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, 4-6, 21, 29, 69, 76-79, 88, 112

Constantine, Grand Duke, 280, 282

Courland, 21, 195

Crimean journey, 248-249

Czarskoe Selo, 101, 221, 271, 305

Czartorisky, Adam, 198

Dashkov, Countess Catherine, 154, 162, 170, 208, 244

Dashkov, Prince, 302, 303

Diderot, 180, 233, 306

Dimsdale, Dr. Thomas, 217, 322

Elisabeth Petrovna, Empress of Russia,

Birth, 47

Revolution of 1741, 49-55

Relations with Princess of Zerbst, 58, 88-89, 150

Appearance, 75

Death, 151-152

Eudoxia, First Wife of Peter the Great, 41

Fike, nickname of Sophie Auguste Friedrike, later Catherine the Great, 11

de Fraigne, Marquis, 147

Frederick the Great, 14, 29, 60, 65, 67, 78, 81, 93, 128, 132, 148, 196-204, 217, 226, 272

Frederick William I, 3, 32

Friedrich August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, 11, 147

Fokshani, Congress of, 222, 254

Gatchina, 223, 279

George of Holstein, 63, 157, 165, 170, 242

Godunov, Boris, 38

Granovitaya Palata, 184

Grimm, 227, 266, 274, 293, 306

Gustav III of Sweden, 257, 316

Gustav IV of Sweden, 316

Gyllenborg, Count, 23

Hedwig Sophie, Provost of Quedlinburg, 15

Henri le Grand, 84, 231

Henry, Prince of Prussia, 14, 202, 203, 241, 272, 275-277, 314

Hermitage, The Little, 307

Homburg, 12

Ivan the Terrible, 38

Ivan VI, Ivanushka, 45, 46, 53, 158, 164, 312

Johann Ludwig, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, 5

Johanna Elisabeth, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst, 58

Johanna Elisabeth, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp, 6-9, 20, 65, 70, 75, 89, 147-151

Jones, John Paul, 256-257

Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein, later Grand Duke Peter Feodorovich, later Peter III, 9, 13, 53

Kayserling, Count, 197

Khayn, Fräulein, Lady in Waiting to the Princess of Zerbst, 18

Kiev, 86

Kolmogory, 103

Kolomenskoe Palace, 47, 213

Kosciuszko, 204

Krasnoe Selo, 102

Kremlin, 40, 158, 183, 220, 225

Kruse, Madame, 99, 108, 113

Kutchuk-Kainardi, Peace of, 254

Lanskoy, 239, 260, 261

LeBrun, Madame Vigée, 306

Lestocq, 49, 52, 61, 89, 92, 114

von Lieven, Madame, 310

de Ligne, Prince, 247

Luther, Martin, 4, 14, 29

Machiavelli, 194

Mamonov, 238, 239, 260

Mardefeld, 58, 81, 93

Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 49, 120, 196, 201, 203

Marie Feodorovna, Grand Duchess, 278-279, 281

Masson, Major, 43, 209, 211, 286

von Mengden, Julie, 46, 102

Menshikov, 38, 41

Mirovich, 312

Molière, 34, 294

Monplaisir, 164, 171

Montesquieu, 211

Morals in Russia, 41-44

Moscow, 190, 219

Narishkin, Leo, 308, 313

Natalie Alexeievna, Grand Duchess, 273

Natalie Narishkin, 40

Nicholas, Grand Duke, later Nicholas I, 287

Oranienbaum, 110, 138, 173

Orlov, Alexei, 165, 166, 173, 175-179, 186, 224, 291

Orlov, Gregory, 152, 161, 167, 184, 191, 213, 215, 217, 220-224, 239, 300

Otchakov, 275

Panin, Nikita, 55, 163, 168, 174, 182, 186, 212, 268, 270-271

Partition of Poland, 195-204

Passeck, 166, 175

Paul I,

Birth, 118-120

Appearance, 122, 266, 296

Infancy, 124

Health, 182

Baptised Peter Feodorovich, 130

First Marriage, 271-273

Second Marriage, 276-279

Melancholia, 287-292

Journey through Europe, 288-289

Mysticism, 290

Conspiracy against his life, 226

Death, 292

Pavlovsk, 279, 281

Peter Feodorovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 53

Peter II, 47

Peter III,

Birth, 8

Baptised Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein, 9

Education, 55-57

Karl Peter Ulrich, Duke of Holstein becomes Peter Feodorovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 53

Marriage, 98

Relations with Catherine the Great, 94, 126, 130, 153, 160

Folie militaire, 127, 130

Government of Holstein, 131

Accession, 153

Reign, 156-159, 180

Deposition, 171-179

Death, 178, 179

Peter the Great, 3, 8, 38, 39, 44, 47, 81, 190, 207, 252

Petersburg, 189

Poniatovsky Stanislas, King of Poland, 128, 133-139, 181, 197-204, 236

Potiomkin, Gregory, Prince of Tauris, 191, 235, 237-258, 262-265, 300

Potiomkin Villages, 247

Prascovia Feodorovna, 103

Prascovia Nikitichna Vladislav, 113

von Prinzen, Baroness, 66

Protassov, Countess, 208, 234

Pugachev, 312

Razumovsky, Alexei, 89, 116, 126, 185

Razumovsky, Kyril, 126, 162, 167

Reformation, The, 15, 29

Religion in Russia, 42, 87

Repnin, Prince, 258, 310

Ribas, Admiral, 268

Rimsky-Korsakov, 260

Rogerson, 209, 234, 322

Romanov, House of, 38

Ropsha, 174

Rumiantsov, General, 253, 256

Rurik, House of, 38

Saltikov, Sergei, 117-119, 121, 124, 179, 236

Schlözer, 196

Seven Years War, 93, 141

Sheremetiev, Count, 153, 183, 192

Shuvalov, Alexander, 142

Shuvalov, Ivan Ivanovich, 117, 119, 135, 150

Smolny, 210

Sophie Alexeievna, 40

Sophie Auguste Friedrike, later Catherine the Great, 11

Sophie Christina, Canoness of Gandersheim, 5, 15, 17

Stehlin, 56, 61, 128, 172

Stenka Rasin, 312

Stettin, 3, 20

Streltsi, The, 40

Stroganov, Count, 161, 192

Suvarov, General, 242, 256, 310

Sylvester, the Monk, 38, 39

Tchesme, Battle of, 222

Terem, 43, 46

Todorsky, Simon, 82, 84

Treaty of Westminster, 134

Troitsky Monastery, 86, 91, 184

Trubetsky, Prince, 172, 182

Turkish Wars, 251-259

Ulrica, Princess of Prussia, later Queen of Sweden, 60, 97, 258, 316

Uspensky Cathedral, 183

Vassilchikov, 223, 235, 254

Viazemsky, 215, 228

Voltaire, 193, 194, 210, 216, 218, 229, 253, 270, 293, 300

Vorontsov, Elisabeth, 138, 146, 154, 155, 162, 170

Wagner, Pastor, 12, 24, 26, 30-31, 66, 82, 87

Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, 133, 139-140, 181, 194

Yermalov, 238, 260, 262

Zavadovsky, 259, 310

Zoritch, 260

Zubov, Plato, 239, 260, 265, 291, 301, 304, 305, 306, 307, 318

Zubov, Valerian, 291, 301