CatCor Correspondence of Catherine the Great

CatCor contains 1000 full text letters, with detailed encoding of people, places, events, organisations and mentioned works of literature and art. It also contains searchable metadata records for another 6000+ letters.

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Catherine the Great (1729-1796) was empress of Russia from 1762 until her death. Her thousands of letters, in French, Russian, and German, span her full career, and her many and varied political, cultural and personal interests.

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The map, showing the addresses of the writer and the addressees through time, allows a visualisation of Catherine's travels and the breadth of her correspondence across Europe.

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