Isikhathi lapho isihlalo sobukhosi sasihlala khona ngokubabazekayo nguCatherine II obizwa ngokufanele ngokuthi "yi-Golden Age" yoMbuso waseRussia. Iphethwe ukugcwalisa kakhulu umgcinimafa, kabili ibutho kanye nenani lemikhumbi yomugqa. Ngakho-ke, isibalo sikaCatherine II sinesithakazelo esikhulu emphakathini. Okulandelayo, siphakamisa ukuthi sibheke amaqiniso ayi-100 athakazelisayo futhi amangazayo ngoCatherine II.
1. UCatherine the Great wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 21, 1729 edolobheni laseStettin.
2. Imiyalo emisha enkantolo yethulwa ngokushesha ngemuva kokubekwa kukaCatherine esihlalweni sobukhosi.
3. Nsuku zonke ngo-5 ekuseni indlovukazi yaseRussia yayisukuma.
4. UCatherine wayengenandaba nemfashini.
5. Indlovukazi yaseRussia yayingumuntu onobuciko, ngakho wayevame ukubhala imidlalo ehlukahlukene enekhono.
6. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCatherine, inani labantu baseRussia lenyuka nge-14,000,000.
7. UCatherine wandisa imingcele yombuso, wenza amabutho nezinhlaka zikahulumeni zanamuhla.
8. U-Emelyan Pugachev wabulawa ngomyalo wenkosi.
9. UCatherine wayeyithanda inkolo yamaBuddha.
10. Indlovukazi yenze ukugoma okuphoqelelwe kwabantu ukulwa nengxibongo.
11. U-Ekaterina wayengayazi kahle uhlelo lolimi lwaseRussia, ngakho wayevame ukwenza amaphutha amaningi ngamagama.
12. U-Empress wayenesifiso esihlanyiswe ugwayi.
13. UCatherine wayethanda ukwenza izindwangu: wafekethisa futhi waluka.
14. I-Empress yayikwazi ukudlala amabhiliyade nokuqopha izibalo ngokhuni kanye nenhlaka.
15. U-Ekaterina wayelula futhi enobungane ekusebenzelaneni nabantu.
16. Kumzukulu wakhe u-Alexander I, u-tsarina ngokuzimela wenza iphethini yesudi.
17. Sinye kuphela isijeziso esenziwa phakathi naso sonke isikhathi sokubusa kwendlovukazi.
Ngokomlando, uCatherine washona ngesikhathi egeza ngamanzi abandayo.
19. Ekhaya, indlovukazi yathola imfundo, yafunda isiFulentshi nesiJalimane, kanye nokucula nokudansa.
20. UCatherine wayengumsekeli wemibono yokuKhanyiselwa.
21. UMbusi wayethandana nosopolitiki wasePoland uPoniatowski.
22. UCatherine wazala indodana yakhe u-Alekseya u-Count Orlov.
23. Ngo-1762, uCatherine wazimela yedwa njengendlovukazi ezimele.
24. Indlovukazi yayiyingcweti enhle kakhulu kubantu kanye nodokotela wezengqondo ocashile.
25. "Isikhathi segolide" sezikhulu zaseRussia sasikhona ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCatherine.
26. Indlovukazi yayiwazisa kakhulu amandla ayo ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye.
27. UCatherine wayengumphikisi weserfdom.
28. Izinsuku namahora okwamukelwa ngawo iNdlovukazi kwakungaguquguquki.
29. “Inkosikazi yalezi zindawo ayikubekezeleli ukuphoqelelwa” - umbhalo esihlangu esangweni lesigodlo.
30. UCatherine wayenokubukeka okuhle nokukhangayo.
31. UKumkanikazi wayedume ngomlingiswa olinganiselayo.
32. Cishe ama-ruble angama-90 asetshenzisiwe ekudleni kwansuku zonke kwendlovukazi.
33. Ngokwezazi-mlando, ayengu-13 amadoda empilweni kaCatherine.
34. Ngetshe lakhe lesikhathi esizayo, iNdlovukazi yazenzela i-epitaph ngokuzimela.
35. Ngelinye ilanga uCatherine wavumela itilosi ukuthi lishade nentombazane enesikhumba esinsundu.
36. Yonke imisebenzi yezomthetho ilele kuphela emahlombe endlovukazi yaseRussia.
37. Kwavela amadolobha amasha angaphezu kwama-216 ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCatherine.
38. UMbusi wenza izinguquko esigabeni sokuphatha sombuso.
39. Yadalwa "inkampani yama-Amazons" ukuhlangabezana noCatherine eCrimea.
40. Imali yamaphepha iqale ukukhishwa ngesikhathi sokubusa kwendlovukazi.
41. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCatherine kwavela amabhange okuqala ombuso namabhange okonga.
42. Ngokokuqala ngqa emlandweni waseRussia ngaleso sikhathi, kwavela isikweletu sikazwelonke sama-ruble ayizigidi ezingama-34.
43. Izicukuthwane zacela ukubhaliswa kumaJalimane njengomvuzo wenkonzo enhle.
44. Abokufika abavela kwamanye amazwe bavunyelwe ukuzikhethela izifundazwe zabo.
45. U-Orlov ngokwakhe wakhetha izintandokazi zikaCatherine.
46. Ngokokuqala ngqa, uhlelo lukahulumeni lwaguqulwa ngesikhathi seNdlovukazi.
47. Ngesikhathi sokugumbuqelwa kombuso esigodlweni, uCatherine wakwazi ukuthatha isihlalo sobukhosi.
48. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kwe-tsarina, iRussia yaba ngelinye lamazwe athuthukile ngokwesiko.
49. UCatherine wakhula eyintombazane efunayo futhi ekhuthele eyayifuna ukwazi konke.
50. UKumkanikazi, esefikile eRussia, ngokushesha waqala ukufunda i-Orthodox, ulimi namasiko aseRussia.
51. Umshumayeli odumile uSimon Todorsky wayenguthisha kaCatherine.
52. U-Empress wafunda isiRashiya ewindini elivulekile ngobusuku obubandayo basebusika ukuze agule isifo somoya.
53. Ngo-1745, uCatherine wayeshade noPeter.
54. Kwakungekho ukusondelana okuhlangene phakathi kukaCatherine noPeter.
55. Ngo-1754, uCatherine uzala indodana yakhe uPaul.
56. UMbusi wayekuthanda kakhulu ukufunda izincwadi ngezihloko ezahlukahlukene.
57.SV Saltykov wayengubaba wangempela wendodana kaCatherine.
Ngo-1757, uKumkanikazi uzala indodakazi yakhe u-Anna.
59. UCatherine wayala ukuthi achithe iZaporozhye Sich.
60. U-Empress wayazi kahle ukuthi amandla ombuso ancike ngqo ekulweni njalo kwezempi.
61. Ngo 11 ebusuku kwaphela usuku lokusebenza kwendlovukazi.
62. Amasosha athola ama-ruble angaphezu kwayisikhombisa omholo wombuso ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCatherine.
63. Ukhukhamba olunosawoti omncane nenyama yenkomo ebilisiwe kwakuyizidlozo ezazithandwa yi-Empress.
64. Isiphuzo se-currant izithelo kwakuyisiphuzo esithandwa kakhulu nguCatherine.
65. Ama-apula ayeyizithelo ezazithandwa kakhulu yiNdlovukazi.
66. UKaterina akazange ayilandele ngempela indlela yokuphila enempilo.
67. U-Empress wayebandakanyeka ekulukeni nasekufekethiseni ngendwangu njalo ntambama.
68. Nsuku zonke indlovukazi yayigqoka ingubo elula ejwayelekile ngaphandle komhlobiso kanokusho.
69. Lapho esemdala, uCatherine wayenokubukeka okuhle.
70. Ngo-1762, uCatherine the Great wathweswa umqhele.
71. Umhlangano wokuqala nomyeni wakusasa wenzeka esigodlweni sombhishobhi waseLubeck.
72. Eminyakeni eyishumi nesithupha, uCatherine washada noTsarevich Peter.
73. Esikhathini sasekuseni, uKumkanikazi wayethanda ukuphuza ikhofi elimnyama nokhilimu.
74. Usuku lokusebenza lukaCatherine lwaqala ngehora lesishiyagalolunye ekuseni.
75. Imishado emibili engaphumelelanga yayingenxa yeNdlovukazi.
76. UCatherine wathumela zonke izintandokazi zakhe emhlalaphansi uma elahlekelwa yintshisekelo kuzo.
77. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, uKumkanikazi wacabanga kakhulu ngezingane zakhe nabazukulu.
78. Ibutho laphindeka kabili ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCatherine.
79. Kwakungesikhathi sokubusa kwendlovukazi lapho imali yakhishwa okokuqala.
80. UCatherine wayebalwa phakathi kwama lama Buryatia.
Inqubomgomo ye-Empress yaholela ekukhuleni kwendawo yaseRussia.
82. Inani elanele lamafilimu laqoshwa ukuhlonipha iNdlovukazi.
83. UCatherine wayelangazelela ulwazi olunhlobonhlobo.
84. Eneminyaka engama-33, uKumkanikazi wenyuka ngokusemthethweni esihlalweni sobukhosi ngemuva kokubhukuqwa kombuso.
85. Imikhombandlela emisha yezokwelapha yathuthukiswa kakhulu ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCatherine.
86. Umkhuba wokujova ingxibongo kwakuyisenzo esidume kakhulu seNdlovukazi.
87. Umtholampilo onezindlela ezikhethekile zokwelashwa wakhelwe ngqo iziguli ezine-syphilis.
88. Isibalo samabhizinisi asezimbonini saphindeka kabili ngesikhathi sokubusa kwendlovukazi.
89. UCatherine wayekuthanda ukudweba futhi wathenga iqoqo lezindwangu ezingama-225 ngabaculi baseFrance.
90. U-Empress uqala uhambo lwakhe eVolga ngo-1767 ngesifiso sokujwayela isiko laseMpumalanga.
91. UCatherine wayeyisishoshovu sezombusazwe futhi engusopolitiki okhaliphile.
92. UMbusi wafika eRussia eneminyaka eyishumi nane.
93. Ngokwesilinganiso, u-Ekaterina wayengalali ngaphezu kwamahora amahlanu ngosuku.
94. Ziningi izinganekwane mayelana nokuxhashazwa kwezindlovukazi ngocansi.
95. Kusukela eminyakeni yokuqala yokuhlala kwakhe eRussia, uCatherine wazama ukwamukela isiko namasiko alo.
96. U-Empress wayehlakaniphe futhi ezethemba, wakwazi ukuthuthukisa izinga lentuthuko nenhlalakahle yabantu.
97. U-Ekaterina wayengaqondakali kahle kwezemvelo, ngoba wakhulela emndenini ohluphekayo.
98. U-Empress wayebazi ubuhlakani bengqondo, ngakho wayehlala eziphethe ngendlela enobungane nenhlonipho.
99. UCatherine akazange amthande umyeni wakhe osemthethweni uPeter.
100. UCatherine Omkhulu ushone ngoNovemba 17, 1796.
