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I am thinking of the Danish sculptor of great fame, Thorvaldsen, who chose to be buried in the midst of his work—not in a cathedral or a cemetery, but in a museum among the monuments of his own making— in the midst of his statuary; and there what he made

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Yekaterina (Catherine) II Alekseyevna of Russia

Yekaterina (Catherine) II Alekseyevna of Russia

Yekaterina (Catherine) II Alekseyevna of Russia, called the Great (Russian: Екатерина II Великая, Yekaterina II Velikaya; 2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 - 17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years, from June 28, 1762 until her death. She exemplifies the enlightened despot of her era.

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