Kto umawiał się z Catharina II van Rusland?

Catharina II Aleksejevna (Russisch: Екатерина II Алексеевна, Jekaterina II Aleksejevna; Stettin, 2 mei 1729 – Tsarskoje Selo, 17 november 1796), bijgenaamd Catharina de Grote (Russisch: Екатерина Великая, Jekaterina Velikaja), was van 1762 tot 1796 tsarina van Rusland.

Ze werd in het Duitse Stettin in Pommeren (sinds 1945 Szczecin in Polen) geboren als Sophia Augusta Frederika, prinses van Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, dochter van vorst Christiaan August van Anhalt-Zerbst en hertogin Johanna Elisabeth van Sleeswijk-Holstein-Gottorp. Ze was een nicht van de koningen Gustaaf III en Karel XIII van Zweden en echtgenote van de Russische troonopvolger Peter III.

Aleksander Jermołow – rosyjski wojskowy, jeden z faworytów Katarzyny II.

Był podoficerem Siemonowskiego pułku gwardii. Został wprowadzony do łożnicy carowej dzięki protekcji Grigorija Potiomkina. Szybko rozpoczął snucie intryg przeciwko swemu niedawnemu patronowi. Zarzucał mu rozrzutność i częste okłamywanie imperatorowej. W efekcie feldmarszałek zażądał oddalenia konkurenta. Jermołow otrzymał rozkaz opuszczenia Rosji na trzy lata.

Za świadczone przez siebie usługi otrzymał stopień generała-majora oraz przeszło pół miliona rubli. Został też odznaczony Orderem Orła Białego przez króla polskiego Stanisława Augusta Poniatowskiego.

Il conte Ivan Nikolaevič Rimskij-Korsakov (in russo Иван Николаевич Римский-Корсаков^?; San Pietroburgo, 29 giugno 1754 – San Pietroburgo, 31 luglio 1831) è stato un politico russo.

Count Alexander Matveyevich Dmitriev-Mamonov (Russian: Александр Матвеевич Дмитриев-Мамонов; 30 September 1758 – 11 October 1803, buried in Donskoy Monastery) was a lover of Catherine II of Russia from 1786 to 1789.

Alexander Dmitrievich Lanskoy, also called Sashin'ka or Sasha, (19 March [O.S. 8 March] 1758 – 6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1784) was a Russian general, favourite and lover of Catherine the Great between 1780 and 1784. It has been said that "[a] look at [her] correspondence with her favorites gives the impression she only had tender feelings for one, Alexander Lanskoi."

Pyotr Zavadovsky (1739–1812) was a Russian statesman of Ukrainian origin. He was a favourite (lover) of Russian empress Catherine the Great from 1776 to 1777.

Siemion Gawriłowicz Zoricz (ur. w 1745, zm. w 1799) – generał lejtnant Imperium Rosyjskiego od 1797 roku, adiutant Grigorija Potiomkina, faworyt Katarzyny II w latach 1777–1778, kawaler maltański.

W 1778 roku odznaczony Orderem Orła Białego, odznaczony Orderem św. Jerzego w 1775 roku, kawaler Orderu Świętego Stanisława w 1777 roku, odznaczony szwedzkim Orderem Miecza.

Płaton Aleksandrowicz Zubow (ros. Платон Александрович Зубов; ur. 26 listopada 1767, zm. 19 kwietnia 1822 w Kurlandii) – kochanek i faworyt Katarzyny Wielkiej od 1789 roku, polityk rosyjski.

Grigori Aleksandrovitsj Potjomkin (ook: Potemkin, Russisch: Григорий Александрович Потёмкин) (24 september (OS: 13 september) 1739) – 16 oktober (OS: 5 oktober) 1791) was een Russische prins, maarschalk, staatsman en favoriet van Catherina II de Grote. Hij is vooral bekend om zijn pogingen de steppen van de Zuid-Oekraïne te koloniseren, die na het Verdrag van Küçük Kaynarca (1774) naar Rusland waren overgegaan. Steden gesticht door Potjomkin zijn onder andere Cherson, Mikolajev, Sebastopol, en Jekaterinoslav (nu Dnipro).

Grigorij Orłow (ur. 1734, zm. 1783) – faworyt cesarzowej Katarzyny II. Posiadał ogromne wpływy na dworze carskim.

Członek korpusu kadetów. Walczył w wojnie siedmioletniej (1756-1763). Ranny pod Zorndorf. W 1762 pomógł Katarzynie przeprowadzić zamach stanu, po którym przejęła ona władzę.

Nie był uległy wobec cesarzowej, lecz siłą narzucał swą wolę. Stąd coraz większe wpływy zyskiwał bardziej taktowny Grigorij Potiomkin.

Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski (Lithuanian: Stanislovas Augustas Poniatovskis), was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Born into wealthy Polish aristocracy, Poniatowski arrived as a diplomat at the Russian imperial court in Saint Petersburg in 1755 at the age of 22 and became intimately involved with the future empress Catherine the Great. With her aid, he was elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania by the Sejm in September 1764 following the death of Augustus III. Contrary to expectations, Poniatowski attempted to reform and strengthen the large but ailing Commonwealth. His efforts were met with external opposition from neighbouring Prussia, Russia and Austria, all committed to keeping the Commonwealth weak. From within he was opposed by conservative interests, which saw the reforms as a threat to their traditional liberties and privileges granted centuries earlier.

The defining crisis of his early reign was the War of the Bar Confederation (1768–1772) that led to the First Partition of Poland (1772). The later part of his reign saw reforms wrought by the Diet (1788–1792) and the Constitution of 3 May 1791. These reforms were overthrown by the 1792 Targowica Confederation and by the Polish–Russian War of 1792, leading directly to the Second Partition of Poland (1793), the Kościuszko Uprising (1794) and the final and Third Partition of Poland (1795), marking the end of the Commonwealth. Stripped of all meaningful power, Poniatowski abdicated in November 1795 and spent the last years of his life as a captive in Saint Petersburg's Marble Palace.

A controversial figure in Poland's history, he is viewed with ambivalence as a brave and skillful statesman by some and as an overly hesitant coward by others, and even as a traitor. He is criticized primarily for his failure to resolutely stand against opposing forces and prevent the partitions, which led to the destruction of the Polish state. On the other hand, he is remembered as a great patron of arts and sciences who laid the foundation for the Commission of National Education, the first institution of its kind in the world, the Great Sejm of 1788–1792, which led to the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and as a sponsor of many architectural landmarks. Historians tend to agree that, taking the circumstances into account, he was a skillful statesman, pointing out that passing the Constitution was a sign of bravery, although his unwillingness to organize a proper nationwide uprising afterward is seen as cowardice and the key reason for the Second Partition and the subsequent downfall of Poland.