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Alexander Alexander Shuvalov Alexis Orlov ambassador appeared arrived Baron de Breteuil begged Bestuzhev carriage Catherine Catherine II Catherine's child Comte de Ségur 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 Grand Duke Paul Gregory Orlov happy heart honour husband imperial Intellectual Ivan Ivan VI Johanna Joseph II King Lanskoy letter Louis lover Madame Majesty Mamonov mind Moscow mother never Palace Panin Paris peasants Peter Peterhof Petersburg Plato Zubov Poland political Potemkin Prince de Ligne Princess Dashkova Pugachev Razumovsky realised refused replied Russian Ségur sent serfs Shuvalov soon Sophie sovereign Stanislaus Poniatowski thought thousand roubles throne took Tsar Tsarina Tsarskoe Selo Turks Voltaire Vorontsov wanted whilst wished woman World worried wrote to Grimm young