Chapter VIII: The Age of Catherine II (1762-1796 A.d.) 372

Catherine’s own views on Russia, 373. The Polish succession;
the policy of the nations, 376. Poland is dismembered, 378. War
with Turkey, 380. The Treaty of Kutchuk-Kainardji, 383. The
migration of the Kalmucks, 383. The Kalmucks reach China, 385.
Insurrections and pretenders, 386. Favouritism under Catherine
II, 387. The rise of Potemkin, 389. The official status of the
favourite, 392. Potemkin’s schemes of conquest, 392. General
Suvarov, 396. The favourites Lanskoi and Iermolov, 396. Joseph
II visits Catherine; A spectacular tour, 397. Outbreak of the
Austro-Russian war with Turkey, 399. The Swedish war, 400.
The campaign of 1790; the Treaty of Varela, 403. Progress
of the Austro-Russian war with Turkey, 405. Successes of
Laudon, 405. Victories of Suvarov, 406. Austrian and Russian
valour; Austria’s withdrawal, 408. Russia prosecutes the
war; the storm of Ismail, 409. European intervention; the
Treaty of Jassy, 410. The death of Potemkin (1792 A.D.);
Ségur’s characterisation, 411. The question of the imperial
succession, 413. The last of the favourites, 415. Debaucheries
at Catherine’s court, 416. The subjugation and final partition
of Poland, 417. The annexation of Courland, 420. Last years and
death of Catherine, 421. A Russian estimate of Catherine, 422.