Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova
Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova (Russian: Екатери́на Рома́новна Воронцо́ва-Да́шкова) (28 March [17 March o.s.] 1743 – 15 January [4 January o.s.] 1810, though her memoirs list her birth date as 1744, they are footnoted as a "slip of the pen") was the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great and a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment. Her name was often spelt in English as Princess Dashkov.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | Vorontsova Catherine Countess |
|---|---|
| Birth date | March 17, 1743 |
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| Date of death | January 04, 1810 |
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External resources
- http://books.google.com/books?id=dg2NqICI8VAC&lpg=PA3&dq=Yekaterina%20Romanovna%20Vorontsova-Dashkova&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
- http://books.google.com/books?id=eaSLG92_6EAC&pg=PA11&dq=Yekaterina+Romanovna+Vorontsova-Dashkova&hl=en&ei=AXEfTN2QH4GKlwemifWfDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- http://books.google.com/books?id=gy0LAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Princess+and+the+Patriot:+Ekaterina+Dashkova,+Benjamin+Franklin+and+the+Age+of+Enlightenment&source=bl&ots=h8JFXnaIdu&sig=DUfu_CK0RmAaosHH9y8XEzEIhjY&hl=en&ei=GWsfTL2ZO4H6lwfnxcC8Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- http://sophia.smith.edu/~aworonzo/vvm2
- http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/heritage_floor/yekaterina_dashkova.php
- http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/14/science/14prin.html?ex=1143003600&en=568095618081bfb1&ei=5070
- http://www.spbu.ru/History/275/Chronicle/pu/Persons/D_ashkova.html