Russian Enlightenment
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The Russian Enlightenment refers to the intellectual and cultural movement that flourished in the Russian Empire as part of the broader Enlightenment, during a period of the 18th century in which the
Mikeshin's Monument to Catherine the Great after the Alexandrine Theatre in St. Petersburg
View of Ivan Shuvalov's art gallery
Quarenghi's design for the Smolny Institute
Parasha Zhemchugova, a serf actress-turned-countess.
Enlightened absolutism
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Enlightened absolutism, also called enlightened despotism, refers to the conduct and policies of European absolute monarchs during the 18th and early 19th centuries who were influenced by the ideas of
Russian Enlightenment
…During this time, the first Russian university was founded, a library, a theatre, a public museum, as well as a relatively independent press. Like other enlightened despots, Catherine the Great played a key role in fostering the arts, sciences, and education. The Russian Enlightenment differed from its Western European…
Catherine II of Russia
Charles III of Spain
Frederick II of Prussia
Napoleon I of France