Katerina II tar-Russja: Differenza bejn il-verżjonijiet
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Matul ir-renju twil tagħha Katerina kellha ħafna maħbubin, li bosta minnhom laħħqithom għal-pożizzjonijiet għolja.<ref>Alexander J., ''Catherine the Great, life and legend''</ref> Kienet iżżommhom sakemm kienu għadhom jinteressawha, u mbagħad biex teħles minnhom kienet ittiehom "pensjoni" ta' servi u ħafna art. Il-perċentaġġ tal-flus tal-istat li ntefqu fuq il-qorti tela' minn 10.4% fl-1767 għal 11.4% fl-1781 għal 13.5% fl-1795. Katerina tat 66,000 serv mill-1762 sal-1772, 202,000 mill-1773 sal-1793, u 100,000 f'jum wieħed: it-18 ta' Awwissu 1795.<ref name="Pipes">Pipes R., ''Russia under the old regime''</ref> Kif il-knisja kienu jappoġġawha bit-tama li jieħu l-art tagħhom lura, Katerina xtrat il-burokrazija.
▲[[File:Orlov greg.jpeg|thumb|Count [[Grigory Orlov]], by [[Fyodor Rokotov]]]]
Mid-19 ta' April 1764, kull amministratur fis-servizz tal-gvern li kien fl-istess grad għal seba' snin tela' grad minnufih. Fit-13 ta' Settembru 1767 ordnat li wara seba' snin fl-istess grad, kull amministratur għandu jieħu promozzjoni anki jekk ma jkunx jistħoqqlu.<ref name="Pipes">.
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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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