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*In 1767, Catherine created the legislative commission to revise and codify the Russian law. This law was based on the Nakaz.
*A system of local self-government was introduced in 1775 that decentralized power. The cause of this was that Russia was subdivided into 15 different administrative units.
*Catherine established the Russian Academy of Letters in 1783, then passed an edict to allow the formation of private publishing houses.
*Catherine issued the Charter of the Nobility in 1785 for the landholders of each province, which allowed then to form a general assembly and petition the empress.
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*At the age of 67, Catherine the Great died in 1796. Catherine lived longer than any other Romanov monarch.
*In the Peter and Paul Cathedral, in St. Petersburg is where she was buried.
*Catherine Reigned from 1762-1796.
*Catherine communicated with the French writer Voltaire, who was a leading figure in the Enlightenment.
*She was born in Stettin, Prussian, and spoke little Russian when she married Peter. |