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Katharina II.

(Stettin 1729-1796 St. Petersburg) : Kaiserin von Russland (regiert 1862-1796)

Name Alternative(s)

Katharina die Grosse
Catherine the Great
Katharina II

Subjects

History : Occident : Europe : Russia / Index of Names : Occident

Chronology Entries (4)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1762-1768 Antonio Rinaldi baut den Chinesischen Palast für Katherina II. in Oranienbaum.
  • Document: Lim, Susanna Soojung. China and Japan in the Russian Imagination, 1685-1922 : to the ends of the Orient. (London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013). S. 54. (Dost9, Publication)
  • Person: Rinaldi, Antonio
2 1767 Katharina II. and Voltaire and China.
Susanna Lim : China and the Chinese emperor became valuable images in Catherine's representation of her rule and person, and she turned for direct inspiration to Voltaire, the foremost figure of the French Enlightenment and its most famous sinophile. He often served as both, mentor and audience in regard to Catherine's administration of her empire, in particular Russia's Asian realms. Finding herself for the first time in the city of Kazan she wrote to Voltaire : "Here I am in Asia ; I wanted to see it for myself. There are in this city twenty different peoples, who bear absolutely no resemblance to each other".
From the commissioning of palaces and gardens in the Chinese style to writing her own Chinese-inspired fiction, Catherine exhibited an enthusiasm that closely matched that of her mentor.
  • Document: Lim, Susanna Soojung. China and Japan in the Russian Imagination, 1685-1922 : to the ends of the Orient. (London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013). S. 43-45. (Dost9, Publication)
  • Person: Voltaire
3 1771 Katharina II. ist beeinflusst von Designs of Chinese buildings by William Chambers. Sie übersetzt das Buch ins Russische.
  • Document: Internet (Wichtige Adressen werden separat aufgeführt) (Int, Web)
  • Person: Chambers, William (1)
4 1779-1796 Katharina II beordert Antonio Rinaldi und Charles Cameron das chinesische Dorf in Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg zu bauen. Alexander I. übernimmt das Projekt in 1818.
  • Document: Lim, Susanna Soojung. China and Japan in the Russian Imagination, 1685-1922 : to the ends of the Orient. (London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013). S. 54. (Dost9, Publication)
  • Person: Cameron, Charles
  • Person: Rinaldi, Antonio

Secondary Literature (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1983 [Troyat, Henri]. Feng liu nü huang : ye Katelinna er shi. Teluoya ; Feng Zhijun yi. (Beijing : Shi jie zhi shi chu ban she, 1983). (Teluoya chuan ji wen xue cong shu). Übersetzung von Troyat, Henri. Catherine la grande. (Paris : Flammarion, 1977).
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