Catherine the Great in the History of Russia

The purpose of the article is to evaluate management activities Empress Catherine II during reign from 1762 1796. Objective: analyze organizational Great, aimed at reforming entire system state and local government Russia. Conclusion: experience, an active life position results building indicate that women can be not only guardians family hearth, but also successful leaders, as evidenced by numerous positive assessments given her well-known respected Russian historians foreign statesmen.