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Julia Cameron
b. 1815, Calcutta; d. 1879, Kalutara, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]Julia Margaret Cameron is now considered one of the most significant portrait and genre photographers of the nineteenth century, though during her lifetime she was often criticized for lacking technical... Read more
Catherine II
b. 1729, Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland); d. 1796, Saint PetersburgHistorical assessments of Catherine the Great have not been kind. She was, indeed, a complex and contradictory personality. Inspired by Enlightenment ideals, she was nevertheless threatened by their actualization in... Read more
Olga
b. circa 890; d. 969, Kiev, RussiaOlga ruled Kievan Rus', a Russian principality, with her husband, Igor, who she probably married around 903. After his death, she ruled as regent in the name of her minor... Read more
Catherine Pavlovna
b. 1788, Saint Petersburg; d. 1819, Stuttgart, GermanyCatherine Pavlovna (Pawlowna) was the daughter of Paul I, emperor of Russia. Her first marriage, to Duke George of Oldenburg, left her a widow in 1812. In 1816, she married... Read more
Elizabeth Petrovna
b. 1709, near Moscow; d. 1762, Saint PetersburgIn 1741, Elizabeth Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great, engineered a coup and proclaimed herself empress of Russia. Although preoccupied with the creation of a lavish court in the manner... Read more
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