Catherine the Great

Fedul and his children 297

Great Instruction (Bolshoy Nakaz) 67, 101, 156–7, 171–5, 182, 199, 277, 324, 325

Linguarum totius orbis, vocabularia comparativa 268, 275

memoirs 26, 27, 28, 30, 34, 35, 36, 46, 63, 68, 74, 82, 85–8, 92, 104, 106, 143–5, 200, 306, 314, 328, 329

The Misunderstanding 279–80

O, these times! 200, 215, 217–18

Russian primer to teach young people to read 248, 249, 255

Ryurik 280

The Shaman of Siberia 277

Tale of Tsarevich Khlor 249

Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo 214

censorship 310, 328, 331

census (1745) 58

Chamfort, Nicolas: The Merchant of Smyrna 300

Chancellery of Guardianship of Foreigners 145

Chappe d’Auteroche, abbe 110, 111, 166, 204

A Journey into Siberia 201

Charles XII, King of Sweden 35, 93

Charnutsky, Bishop Feofan 166

Charter to the Nobility (1785) 119, 271, 320

Charter to the Towns (1785) 271, 273

Cheboksary 167

Chemical Psalter (Masonic text) 277

Cheremis 168

Cherkasov, Alexander 141, 189, 230

Cherkasov, Ivan 141

Chernigov 282

Chernyshev, Andrey 66

Chernyshev, Ivan 140, 141, 158, 160, 187, 196, 210, 268

Chernyshev, Count Zakhar 66, 140, 141, 149, 185, 197, 233, 240

a gentleman of the bedchamber 65

relationship with C 86, 269

at the College of War 133

mishandling of the Cossacks 233

governs lands acquired in first partition of Poland 250

lavish entertainment of guests 251, 252

death 269

Chernyshev family 137, 161, 239

Chesme naval battle of (1770) 202–3, 206, 209, 211, 262, 334

Chesme Palace, St Petersburg 326

Chetardie, Marquis de la 50, 68

Chevakinsky, Savva 79, 95, 100

Chevaliers Gardes 9, 59, 116, 132, 137, 230, 318

Chichagov, Admiral 293

Chika, Zarubin 228

Chinese Village, Tsarskoye Selo 210, 312

Chinoiserie 210

Choglokov, Nikolay 66, 67, 87, 89

Choglokova, Maria 67, 70, 73

appointed C’s leading lady-in-waiting 65, 66

initially disliked by C 66

and C’s relationship with Sergey Saltykov 87

becomes a friend to C 89

Choglokova, Vera 136

Choiseul, duc de 194

Chrysostom, St John 17

Chrysostom monastery, Moscow 176

Chuguyev 80

Chulkov, Vasily 74

Church of St Sampson the Hospitable, St Petersburg 234

Church of the Annunciation, Alexander Nevsky monastery 319

Church of the Dormition, St Petersburg 127

Church of the Sign, Tsarskoye Selo 105

Chuvash 168

Cicero 65, 299

Clerisseau, Charles-Louis 258, 261

Cobenzl, Count 253, 264–5, 269, 270, 272, 279, 284

College of Commerce, St Petersburg 134, 140

College of Foreign Affairs, Moscow 9, 56, 278

College of Guardianship 154

College of Manufactures, St Petersburg 134, 162

College of War 133, 233

Collot, Marie-Anne 181

comet (1744) 38–9

Commission on Church Lands 131

Commission of National Schools 248

Companion of Lovers of Russian Literature, The (journal) 264

Complete Collected Laws of the Russian Empire 101

Condoidi, Dr 113

Confederation of Targowica 309

conscience court 240, 254–5

Constantine Pavlovich, Grand Duke 273, 284, 299, 320–21

birth (1779) 247, 250

personality 249

wedding to Princess Juliana Henrietta 313

Constantingorod 249

Constantinople 196, 213, 298

falls to the Turks (1453) 17

Russian ambassador imprisoned in (1768) 183, 204

Constantine destined for 249

Russian ambassador imprisoned again (1787) 288

Construction Chancellery 158, 159, 179

Cook, John 43

Copenhagen 219

Corberon, chevalier de 242, 243–4, 245, 246, 260, 265

Coriolanus 306

Coronation Commission 7