AdvertisementCatherine The Great: First She Read, Then She RuledNovember 05, 2011NPR StafffacebookEmailCatherine The Great: Empress of Russia Catherine II championed the ideas of the Enlightenment during her 34-year reign. (Getty Images)
Catherine The Great: Empress of Russia Catherine II championed the ideas of the Enlightenment during her 34-year reign. (Getty Images)