Max J. Okenfuss Catherine, Montesquieu, and Empire

Catherine the Great’s relationship with Montesquieu has been discussed often, most often in the context of Russian “despotism.” After a historiographic introduction, this essay addresses a ne-glected connection: Catherine’s awareness of Russia as a multi-ethnic, multi-religious empire, and of Montesquieu’s admonitions on such entities where most people are subject to one law, and an-nexed areas to another.

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