History A-Level

Autocracy and Power

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Her primary aim was to secure her usurped throne and strengthen Russian autocracy, and her commitment to autocracy always superseded her Enlightenment ideals.

AQA · 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – Catherine the Great and Russia, 1762–1796 (study guide)

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1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – Catherine the Great and Russia, 1762–1796 (AQA A-Level)

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