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Thomas Hobbes wrote in his famous book, The Leviathan, about the ideal state; this state should be ruled by an absolute monarch who held the duty of making sure that no one exercised too much freedom by using enlightened absolutism. ... " Catherine the Great of Russia exemplifies this term throughout the course of her absolute reign over Russia which met little to no opposition. When Catherine the Great began her reign, everyone including herself, knew that she was in a very fragile and vulnerable position. ... However, Catherines prowess led her to make drastic improvements on Russia as a truly enlightened monarch. ...
Catherine the Great was an avid supporter of the arts. ... Catherine consequently devoted her monarchy towards the single goal of modernizing the Russian state. ...
One of Catherines more philanthropic achievements was founding the first Russian schools for girls; this was an extremely radical and “forward” type of thinking, the same type of thinking that the Enlightenment philosophes thought should be abundant in European society. Catherine also created a medical college that would provide her subjects with health care for free. ... Catherine, who considered herself to be very liberal, built statues and funded public gardens that all classes of people enjoyed. ...
Though mostly well known for her patronage of the arts, Catherine also exemplified the spirit of the Enlightenment when she dealt with governmental reform and domestic policy. ... Though she herself was not at the commission to redraft the government, the principles that the commission expressed stemmed from her enlightened ideas about an ideal government. ... Most important, however, Catherine gathered more information about Russian history than people thought had been possible. ...
In an attempt to get the citizens to learn more about their country, Catherine issued a decree that said that all governor-generals should take a census of their communities, create an accurate map, and report their agriculture assets. This would help Catherine deploy people to repair the roads, build the bridges, ensure that programs like orphanages and prisons were running smoothly. ... This great ruler even instated a system of emergency fire assistance.
Building bridges, however, was not the only grave matter of importance to Catherine. ... In 1786, Catherine announced the Statue for Schools for all of Russia. ... Since she recognized that small pox killed a great number of children, for example, she hired Dr. ...
Catherine also founded the first medical school in Russia in the year 1763. ...
Catherine had ideas of foreign policy unique to Russian rulers before her because Catherine was not a Russian, but was in fact a foreigner herself; Catherine was a German princess with aspirations of marrying the future Russian czar, Peter the III.
Approximate Word count = 2159
Approximate Pages = 8.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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