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Alexander Shuvalov Alexis Orlov ambassador appeared arrived asked Baron de Breteuil begged Bestuzhev carriage Catherine II Catherine II Memoirs Catherine's child Count Court courtiers Crimea daughter death despite Diderot diplomats dress Duke's Elisabeth Emperor Empire Empress Events in Russia everything eyes face father favour fear felt Figchen France Frederick Frederick II French friends gave German Grand Duchess Gregory Orlov guards happy heart honour husband imperial Intellectual Ivan Ivan VI Johanna Joseph II King Lanskoy letter Louis lover Majesty Mamonov mind Moscow mother Naryshkin never Oranienbaum Palace Panin Paris passion peasants Peter Plato Zubov Poland political Potemkin Prince de Ligne Princess Dashkova Pugachev Razumovsky received refused replied Russian Ségur sent Serge Saltykov soon Sophie sovereign St Petersburg Stanislaus Poniatowski thought thousand roubles throne took Tsar Tsarina Tsarskoe Selo Turks Voltaire Vorontsov wanted whilst wished woman World worried wrote Catherine wrote to Grimm young