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... Catharine of Portugal . Bombay rapidly increased in importance , and in 1685 the Government was transferred thither from Surat . The English power in the East now began to make more rapid strides . Before the end of the century ...
... Catharine of Portugal . Bombay rapidly increased in importance , and in 1685 the Government was transferred thither from Surat . The English power in the East now began to make more rapid strides . Before the end of the century ...
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... Catharine , with the Duke of Mecklenburg at Dantzic in 1716 , his fleet threatened that town in the very midst of the solemnities , and he compelled it to make a contribution of 150,000 dollars towards his war with Sweden . This was ...
... Catharine , with the Duke of Mecklenburg at Dantzic in 1716 , his fleet threatened that town in the very midst of the solemnities , and he compelled it to make a contribution of 150,000 dollars towards his war with Sweden . This was ...
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... gained from it ; to disband the standing army , and restore the soldiers to their original condition of peasants . On May 26th , 1718 , a 74 CATHARINE I. OF RUSSIA . [ CHAP . XLIV Peter attacks Persia His Death (1725)
... gained from it ; to disband the standing army , and restore the soldiers to their original condition of peasants . On May 26th , 1718 , a 74 CATHARINE I. OF RUSSIA . [ CHAP . XLIV Peter attacks Persia His Death (1725)
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... Catharine to be solemnly crowned in the cathedral at Moscow- a ceremony which he intended as no vain and empty ... Catharine's elevation to the throne was effected , partly through corruption , partly by force , by her parti- zans , the ...
... Catharine to be solemnly crowned in the cathedral at Moscow- a ceremony which he intended as no vain and empty ... Catharine's elevation to the throne was effected , partly through corruption , partly by force , by her parti- zans , the ...
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... Catharine . This arrangement , however , was somewhat modified by a pretended will of Catha- rine's , which appears to have been manufactured by Prince Men- schikoff and Count Bassewitz , and bore the signature of the Prin- cess ...
... Catharine . This arrangement , however , was somewhat modified by a pretended will of Catha- rine's , which appears to have been manufactured by Prince Men- schikoff and Count Bassewitz , and bore the signature of the Prin- cess ...
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