Katerina II tar-Russja: Differenza bejn il-verżjonijiet
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[[File:Orlov greg.jpeg|thumb|Count [[Grigory Orlov]], by [[Fyodor Rokotov]]]]
Catherine, throughout her long reign, took many lovers, often elevating them to high positions<ref>{{Cite document |first=John |last=Alexander |title=Catherine the Great, life and legend |page=224 |ref=harv |postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref> for as long as they held her interest, and then pensioning them off with gifts of serfs and large estates. The percentage of state money spent on the court increased from 10.4% in 1767 to 11.4% in 1781 to 13.5% in 1795. Catherine gave away 66,000 serfs from 1762–72, 202,000 from 1773–93, and 100,000 in one day: 18 August 1795.<ref name="Pipes">{{Cite document|first=Richard|last=Pipes|title=Russia under the old regime|ref=harv|postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>{{rp |119}} Just as the church supported her, hoping to get their land back, Catherine bought the support of the [[bureaucracy]].
From 19 April 1764, any bureaucrat holding the same rank for seven years or more got instantly promoted. On 13 September 1767 Catherine decreed that after seven years in one rank, civil servants would be automatically promoted regardless of office or merit.<ref>Richard Pipes, Russia under the old regime, page 135</ref>
After her affair with her lover and adviser [[Grigory Potyomkin|Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin]] ended in 1776, he allegedly selected a candidate-lover for her who had the physical beauty and mental faculties to hold her interest (such as [[Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov]]). Some of these men loved her in return, and she always showed generosity towards them, even after the affair ended. One of her lovers, [[Pyotr Zavadovsky]], received 50,000 rubles, a pension of 5,000 rubles, and 4,000 peasants in the Ukraine after she dismissed him in 1777.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Farquhar|first=Michael|year=2001|title=A Treasure of Royal Scandals|page=7|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|place=New York. |isbn=0-7394-2025-9 |ref=harv |postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref> The last of her lovers, [[Platon Zubov|Prince Zubov]], was 40 years her junior. Her sexual independence led to many of the [[legends of Catherine the Great|legends about her]], among them, allegations of an erotic appetite for horses.<ref>Alexander, John T. Catherine the Great: Life and Legend. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, pp. 332-35</ref>
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