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Catherine the Great

Empress of Russia, 1762 to 1796

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Expanded Russia southward and westward and corresponded with Enlightenment thinkers, while strengthening serfdom.

Catherine the Great sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority and strongly strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Catherine the Great sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Catherine the Great

Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…98%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.97%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…96%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: After Alexander Roslin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.