| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Catherine I |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Cath·e·rine I |
| PRONUNCIATION: | k th r- n, k th r n |
| DATES: | 1684?1727 |
| Empress of Russia (17251727) as successor to her husband, Peter the Great. She founded the Russian Academy of Sciences (1725).
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