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"I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his."

Catherine II, Russian Statesman

Autocracy, Trade, Will

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"I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his."

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Catherine II, Russian Statesman

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