Greatest Women in world history
Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Catherine II (the Great) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years, from June 28, 1762 until her death. She exemplifies the enlightened despot of her era. During her reign Catherine extended the borders of the Russian Empire southward and westward to absorb New Russia, Crimea, Right-Bank Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and Courland at the expense of two powers — the Ottoman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Catherine made Russia the dominant power in south-eastern Europe after her first Russo–Turkish War against the Ottoman Empire (1768–1774), which saw some of the greatest defeats in Turkish history, including the Battle of Chesma (5 July – 7 July 1770) and the Battle of Kagul (21 July 1770). Catherine’s patronage furthered the evolution of the arts in Russia more than that of any Russian sovereign before or after her. She subscribed to the ideals of the Enlightenment and considered herself a “philosopher on the throne”. She showed great awareness of her image abroad, and ever desired that Europe should perceive her as a civilized and enlightened monarch, despite the fact that in Russia she often played the part of the tyrant. Read more on wiki
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Worst Women in world history
Elizabeth Bathory
Countess Elizabeth Bathory
is considered the most infamous serial killer in Hungarian/Slovak
history. Rumors had circulated for years about missing peasant girls;
offered well paid work at the castle, they were never seen again. One of
these rumors reached the ears of King Mathias II, who sent a party of
men to the massive Castle Csejthe. The men found one girl dead and one
dying. Another was found wounded and others locked up. Described
atrocities, collected from testimony of witnesses, include; severe
beatings over extended periods of time, the use of needles, burning or
mutilation of hands, sometimes also of faces and genitalia, biting the
flesh off the faces, arms and other bodily parts, and the starving of
victims. The victim total is thought to number in the hundreds
occurring over a twenty-five year period. Due to her social status she
was never brought to trial but remained under house arrest in a single
room until her death. The idea that the Countess bathed in the blood of
her victims is folklore, and one of the few things she did not do. Read more on wiki
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