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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Part I. Catherine’s Youth and Her Accession to the Throne
1. Catherine’s Coup d’etat
2. The Education of a Russian Empress (1729–1762)
3. Coronation, Consolidation, Challenges
Part II. The Crises of Mid-Life
4. Crisis Renewed: The Volga Voyage and the Legislative Commission
5. Foreign Policy and War, Poland and Turkey
6. Pox, Pestilence, and Crisis in Public Health
7. Plots, Pretenders, Pugachevshchina
8. “Legislomania”: Reactions to Crisis
Part III. An Aging Empress
9. Nymphomania? Favorites and Favoritism
10. Succession Concerns and Southern Vistas
11. Wars, War Scares, and European Revolution
12. Spring Surprises, Autumn Anxieties
Epilogue: The Legend of Catherine the Great
Appendix: Catherine’s Love Notes to Peter Zavadovskii, 1776-77
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Cast of Characters
Index
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