Hvem daterte Katarina II av Russland?

Katarina II av Russland (russisk: Екатерина II Алексеевна [Jekaterina II Aleksejevna]; kjent som Katarina den store; 1729–1796) var tsarina av Det russiske keiserriket fra 1762 til hun døde i 1796.

Hun omtales oftest som tsarina, selv om dette er noe unøyaktig. Tittelen tsar/tsarina ble offisielt avskaffet i 1721 og erstattet med imperator (-itsa), men forble i alminnelig bruk i Russland.

Alexander Petrovich Yermolov (1754–1834) was a Russian favourite and the lover of Catherine the Great from 1785 to 1786.

Yermolov was presented to Catherine by Grigory Potemkin, tested by Anna Protasova and became Catherine's lover in 1785. He collaborated with the enemies of Potemkin and attempted to have Potemkin removed, and thereby lost his position. He went to Paris in the late 1780s and spent the rest of his life in Schloss Frohsdorf.

Ivan Nikolajevich Rimsky-Korsakov, né Korsav (29 June 1754 – 31 July 1831 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian courtier and lover of Catherine the Great from 1778 to 1779.

Count Alexander Matveyevich Dmitriev-Mamonov (Russian: Александр Матвеевич Дмитриев-Мамонов; 30 September 1758 – 11 October 1803, buried in Donskoy Monastery) was a lover of Catherine II of Russia from 1786 to 1789.

Alexander Dmitrievich Lanskoy, also called Sashin'ka or Sasha, (19 March [O.S. 8 March] 1758 – 6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1784) was a Russian general, favourite and lover of Catherine the Great between 1780 and 1784. It has been said that "[a] look at [her] correspondence with her favorites gives the impression she only had tender feelings for one, Alexander Lanskoi."

Sergej Vasiljevitsj Saltykov (russisk: Сергей Василиевич Салтыков, født ca 1726, død 1765) var en russisk greve, offiser og kammerherre som ble først blant den blivende keiserinne Katarina IIs kjente elskere. Han ble i samtiden antatt å ha vært naturlig far til hennes sønn, senere Paul I av Russland. I ettertid er dette imidlertid snarere blitt ansett for et rykte som var del av en hoffintrige.

Saltykov ble i 1754 utsett av den regjerende keiserinne Elisabeth til å meddele det svenske hoff om guttens fødsel og fikk reise til Stockholm og framtrede for kung Adolf Fredrik med budskapet. Senere utnevnte hun ham til russisk sendemann til Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg.

Le comte Piotr Vassilievitch Zavadovsky (Пётр Васильевич Завадовский), né à Krasnovitchi, près de Briansk le 10 (21) janvier 1739 et mort le 10 (22) janvier 1812 à Saint-Pétersbourg, est un homme politique russe, ministre de l'Instruction publique du 8 septembre 1802 au 11 avril 1810. Il compta semble-t-il au nombre des amants de Catherine la Grande et fut son favori de 1775 à 1777.

Count Semyon Zorich (1743–1799) was a Serbian-born Russian lieutenant-general and count of the Holy Roman Empire. He served Russia against the Prussians and Turks. A member of the Russian court, he was presented to Empress Catherine the Great by Grigory Potemkin and, after having been tested by Praskovja Bruce and doctor Rogerson, became the Empress' lover. He was most influential in the commercial development of Shklov and Mogilev.

Aleksandr Semjonovitsj Vasiltsjikov (russisk: Александр Семёнович Васильчиков, 1746–1813) var en russisk militær som en tid var Katarina den stores favoritt og elsker.

Vasiltsjikov var fenrik i Chevaliergarden da han den 30. august 1772 ble utsett til Katarina den stores generaladjutant og erstattet Grigorij Orlov som hennes elsker. Han hadde blitt hennes kammerjunker allerede 1. august. Da Orlov reiste bort, skal noen ha informert Katarina om hans utroskap, noe som fikk henne til å innlede forholdet med Vasiltsjikov. Han ble erstattet i 1774 med Grigorij Potemkin.

Platon Aleksandrovitsj Zubov (russisk: Платон Александрович Зубов, født den 26. november (greg.: 15. november) 1767, død den 19. april (7. april) 1822 på Schloss Ruhenthal i Kurland) var en russisk offiser som var Katarina den stores elsker.

Zubov ble i 1789 presentert som gardeløytnant for Katarina og erstattet Alexander Dmitrijev-Mamonov som generaladjutant og offisiell elsker. Zubov var den eneste av Katarinas elskere foruten Potemkin som kan sies å ha utøvet politisk innflytelse på henne, i det minste etter Potemkins død i 1791.

Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (11 October [O.S. 30 September] 1739 – 16 October [O.S. 5 October] 1791) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman, and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Iași, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.

Potemkin was born into a family of middle-income landowners of Russian nobility. He first attracted Catherine's favor for helping in her 1762 coup, then distinguished himself as a military commander in the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). He became Catherine's lover, favorite and possibly her consort. After their passion cooled, he remained her lifelong friend and favored statesman. Catherine obtained for him the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and gave him the title of Prince of the Russian Empire among many others: he was both a Grand Admiral and the head of all of Russia's land and irregular forces. Potemkin's achievements include the peaceful annexation of the Crimea (1783) and the successful second Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792), during which the armed forces under his command besieged Ochakov.

In 1775, Potemkin became the governor-general of Russia's new southern provinces. An absolute ruler, he worked to colonize the wild steppes, controversially dealing firmly with the Cossacks who lived there. He founded the towns of Kherson, Nikolayev, Sevastopol, and Yekaterinoslav. Ports in the region became bases for his new Black Sea Fleet.

His rule in the south is associated with the (probably mythical) "Potemkin village", a ruse involving the construction of painted façades to mimic real villages, full of happy, well-fed people, for visiting officials to see. Potemkin was known for his love of women, gambling and material wealth. He oversaw the construction of many historically significant buildings, including the Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg.

Grigorij Grigorjevitsj Orlov (russisk: Григорий Григорьевич Орлов, født 6. oktober 1734 i Moskva, død 13. april 1783 i Moskva) var en russisk adelsmann.

Stanisław August Poniatowski av huset Poniatowski (født 17. januar 1732 i Wołczyn, død 12. februar 1798 i St. Petersburg) var den siste kongen av Polen-Litauen. Han var sønn av greve Stanisław Poniatowski og prinsesse Konstancja Czartoryska. Poniatowski var konge av Polen og storfyrste av Litauen mellom 1764 og 1795.