Catherine II 1762-1796 "Catherine The Great", Czarina of Russia who murdered her husband Peter III and proclaimed herself Czarina (1762 She added huge tracts of land to the Russian Empire, while suppressing the peasants and serfs within her realm. Manuscript L.S. 1p. 8vo.., Tsarskoe Selo, May 2, 1768 The czarina accommodates a guest: "...Command those chambers in the Italian house, which Jaegermeister Polman chooses for Mr. Rusts, place them at the disposal of the Ober Jaegermeister's chancery and make whatever repairs are necessary according to his demands, at the expense of the chancery... " Fine.