love affair 296-8, 312П
on P 339
plan to own land in Crimea 309 range of work for P 311 running factories 300-1, 309, 310 sent to Far East 408 shipbuilding 301, 309, 310, 367-8, 395,
397, 402, 494-5 travel with P 299 trip to Siberia 296 Berezan, Island of 412n Berlad, River 421 Berry, Duchesse de 193 Bessarabia 43 2n
Bestuzhev-Riumin, Chancellor A. P. 20in Betskoi, Ivan I. 146, 278 Bezborodko, Count Alexander A. 252, 256, ^85, 324, 359, 365, 418, 455, 460, 484, 491
appearance 150, 220
and Austrian treaty 220, 222, 234, 235
bribed by Harris 212
on enemies of P 258-9
friendship with Yermolov 317
and Greek Project 220
in peace talks 488
on P's finances 489
P's support for 258, 490
secretary to С 150, 222
supporting grieving С 312-13
visiting orgies 221
working with P 220
Bibikov, General Alexander Ilich 98, 124,
125, 126, 128, 445 Bibikov, Pavel A. 240 Bibikov, Vasily I. 45 Bielke, Madame Johanna Dorothea 66 La Binetti 238
Biron, Ernst Johann, Duke of Curland 28, 155
Biron, Peter, Duke of Curland 155 Black Sea and Ekaterinoslav Host 394 Black Sea Fleet 2, 275, 279П, 280, 294, 373,
384, 385, 386-7, 389, 447, 491 Bobrinsky, Alexei Grigorevich 41, 58n, 138,
146, 191, 237 Boetti, Giovanni Battista 292 Boguslavsky, L. G. 500 Bolivar, Simon 494 Bolshevism/Bolsheviks 498, 500 Borodino, Battle of 452П Borovikovsky, V. L. 27m, 319 Branicka (nee Engelhardt), Countess Alexandra V (niece) 154, 168, 448, 473 after P's death 495, 496 appearance 186 birth 189-90
as businesswoman 190, 496
caring for sick P 183, 482, 483, 484, 485
character 186, 342
children 239, 252, 477
at Court 318 decoration from С 356П English gifts to 173, 190, 202, 211 friendship with С 186, 189, 239, 485, 495 help from Cs favourites 3 27 informing С of Korsakov's betrayal 173, 189
inheriting С and P's marriage certificate
138
letters to P 239
maid-of-honor to С 150, 173, 222, 225 marriage 194, 237-8, 239 P seeking favours for 232 painting of 307
on P's final journey 1-2, 3, 4, 7 relationship with P 189-90, 194, 208, 225, 2.39, 357 arguments 239, 342 rumours of being C's daughter 189-90, 361
travelling with С 368, 371 unofficial member of imperial family 190 Branicki, Ksawery, Grand Hetman of the Polish Crown 237-8, 337, 360, 361, 362, 364, 366, 368, 471, 472, 473, 477 Brezhnev, Leonid I 277П Britain:
and American War of Independence 250, 287
Anglo-Prussian coalition 471, 476 planning war against Russia 454, 465 seeking alliance 210-12, 230-2 seeking Russian military assistance 146-7 sending convicts to settle Crimea 284, 285- 7
Trade Treaty with Russia 323, 454 Triple Alliance 403, 411, 454 Brompton, Richard 307 Browne, Count George 20in, 282 Bruce, Countess Praskovia A. (nee
Rumiantseva) 68, 71, 72, 73, 80, 101-2, 157, 171, 172.-3, 178, 179, 189 Bruce, Count Yakov A. 173, 20in, 455, 460 Bucharest 428, 430
Buckinghamshire, John Hobart, 2nd Earl of 73
Bulgakov, Yakov I. 258, 259, 370, 374, 384,
385,440, 446, 471 Burke, Edmund 465, 471 Bush, John 227, 305, 318 Bush, Joseph 305
Byron, George Gordon, Lord 8, 109, 151, 165, 185, 193, 312, 389, 417, 430, 448
Cabinet Noir 202
Cagliostro, 'Count' Alessandro di 174, 208- 10
Cagliostro, 'Countess' Serafina 209-10 Cameron, Charles 318, 422 Cantacuzino, Prince 432 Carew, Reginald Pole see Pole Carew Carlyle, Thomas 193
Carysfort, John Joshua Proby, Lord 306-7 Casanova, Giacomo, Chevalier de Seingault
60, 61, 66, 67, 200, 209, 229, 238, 315 Castera, Jean-Henri 491 Catherine I, Tsarina 27, 28П Catherine II (the Great) Tsarina: life:
becoming Empress 45-9 birth 32
conspiracies against 55, 88 coronation 52-3
coup to take throne 30, 34, 37, 40, 41,
42.-7 daily routine 66-8 death 495
on death of Lanskoy 312-14 flirtations 33-5 government 55-6 Great Instruction 74 illnesses 146, 446, 453, 464 journey to South 354-6, 363-79 marriage to Peter 32, 33-4, 37, 42 wedding 3 3 at masquerade ball 467-71 and peasant rebellion 129-31 plot to assassinate 126 pregnancies 34, 35, 37, 38, 146 succession 30
lovers (favourites) 30, 34, 35, 37, 90, 94-
120-1, 151, 152, 157П, 165-84, 210, 313, 314-17, 32.4, 32.5-7, 417-18, 421- 5
personaclass="underline" ability to handle people 60-1 appearance 30, 48, 60, no-n, 320, 422 called 'the Great' 3 20 and Jews 282, 283 love of dressing up 67 love of English gardens 304-5 love of reading 3 3 personality 121 religion 61 tact 60-1
relationship with Elisabeth 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38-9
relationship with Orlov 37, 38, 40, 62, 65-
68, 69, 85, 90-1, 94, 121, 165, 182 relationship with P 2, 54, 61, 62, 65-6, 85,
Catherine II (the Great) Tsarina - contd relationship with P - contd
88-9, 90-1, 101-5, 307, 320-2, 388, 396, 409, 420, 453-4, 462, 463, 464- 5, 477-9, 491 arranging P's funeral 492-3 attitude to P's affairs 184, 188 correspondence 4-6, 10, 92-3, 111-12, 114-15, 116-21, 123, 135, 136, 138- 9, 148, 151, 153-4, 2.22, 253-4, 257, 314, 356, 385, 386-7, 388-9, 477-8, 483, 484-5 crisis 474-6, 478 life together 109-61 makes P's mother lady-in-waiting 29 marriage to P 24П, 136-41, 147-50, 151-
4, 156, 159-61, 165, 174, 181, 183-4 nicknames for P no, in, 115, 119 on P 94, 102
problems 151-4, 156, 159-61 on P's death 9, 487-90, 493-4 and P's family 149-50, 192, 227-8, 238,