Catherine The Great from Russia
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- Made herself Empress of Russia.
- She extened the borders of Russia, acquiring the lands of Southern Ukraine and the Crimea.
- Won several wars, mainly against the Ottoman Empire.
- She slowly went about reforming the government.
- She westernized Russia.
- Took away all right of Serfs after a couple brutal rebellions.
- She directed the building of the Hermitage museum.
- Founded the Smolny Institute for Noble Girls.
- In 1776, she created a major cultural institution, the Great Theater in Moscow.
- She established the Free Econmic Society(1765) to encouarge the modernization of agriculture and industry.
- She increased the number of state and private schools.
- She commissioned an impressive monument to Peter the Great - the Bronze Horseman.
- University of Moscow and Academy of Science became an internationally recognized learing center under her Sponsorship.