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... nobility Assess- ment of Cath- erine's reign Policies toward new nation-. thrown by Burkhard Christoph , Graf von Münnich , who had made his fortune in Russia . The continuing dom- ination of a few favourites - many of whom were Ger ...
... nobility Assess- ment of Cath- erine's reign Policies toward new nation-. thrown by Burkhard Christoph , Graf von Münnich , who had made his fortune in Russia . The continuing dom- ination of a few favourites - many of whom were Ger ...
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... nobility's corporate organization . The Charter to the Nobility , 1785 , gave the corps of nobles in every province the status of a legal entity . The corporation's members gathered period- ically , in the provincial and district ...
... nobility's corporate organization . The Charter to the Nobility , 1785 , gave the corps of nobles in every province the status of a legal entity . The corporation's members gathered period- ically , in the provincial and district ...
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... nobility . John married a Polish princess and interfered in Polish affairs . Their son Sigismund was elected king of Poland before inheriting the throne of Sweden in 1592. John was a Catholic ; this fact was ex- ploited by his uncle ...
... nobility . John married a Polish princess and interfered in Polish affairs . Their son Sigismund was elected king of Poland before inheriting the throne of Sweden in 1592. John was a Catholic ; this fact was ex- ploited by his uncle ...
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