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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3116

Historical Documents
Russia
Catherine the Great
1790's manuscript document bearing the full and bold signature "Ekaterina" in cyrillic. Letter from Saint Petersburg to the Lieutenant General and Governor of Pskov, written in Russian with interesting contents about the Russian-Swedish War including the enlistment of men in Pskov for the war against "our enemy the King of Sweden". Very scarce and most desirable, featuring an important historic event during Catherine´s rule; vertical folding crease and minor soiling at left. Photo

Yekaterina Alexeevna or Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great (1729-96)
The most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, Her reign was called Russia's golden age. She was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia as Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, and came to power following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III, at the end of the Seven Years' War. Russia was revitalized under her reign, growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognized as one of the great powers of Europe.

From 1788 to 1790 Russia fought in the Russo-Swedish War against Sweden, a conflict instigated by Sweden with the aim of overtaking the Russian armies still engaged in war against the Ottoman Turks and hoping to strike Saint Petersburg directly.

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