Creating the Empress: Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II (Review)

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2017-07-01

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Pamir Dietrich, Ayşe

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A. Pamir Dietrich, “Creating the Empress: Politics and Poetry in the Age of Catherine II (Review),” 2017, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.ijors.net/issue6_2_2017/reviews/aysedietrich.html.