What innovations of Catherine the Great corresponded to the Enlightenment paradigm?
Read the textbook: Economy pp. 161-163; Russian Empresses after Peter I. Pp. 210-19. Catherine the Great. Pp. 222-64. Russian Enlightenment, The Hermitage Museum. Russia in the age of Alexander I. Pp. 265-273.Read in Figes: Chapter European Russia, pp. 44(third paragraph about “split identity”)-48, 55-6 (from “Yet, this sense of being part of Europe…”), 66 (last paragraph before subchapter 7).Review studied material in the PowerPoint in this module.Watch the movie Russian Ark on Panopto tab and write a 1-page analysis. Submit to the Assignments tabStart reading N. Gogol, The Overcoat.Answer these questions in Reply below:1. What innovations of Catherine the Great corresponded to the Enlightenment paradigm? What principles did she neglect?2. In what policies did the rulers in the second part of the 18th century discontinue Peter’s policies?Extra credit question: What reform project Alexander I did not realize?
