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CATHERINE THE GREAT (1729-1796), Empress of Russia. Letter signed ('Ekaterina') to Carl Ludwig zu Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg, Tsarskoe Selo, 15 August 1790, in Russian, counter-signed by Count Ivan Osterman, sending condolences on the death of his [younger] brother and remembering the pleasure of his company at St Petersburg, and sending greetings, one page, 4to.
Victor Amadeus zu Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg, a Russian Lieutenant General, had died in the Finnish campaign of war wounds.
Victor Amadeus zu Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg, a Russian Lieutenant General, had died in the Finnish campaign of war wounds.
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