File:Catharine-II.jpg

Description: Photograph of a profile portrait of Catharine II, the Great, Empress of Russia. Catharine was born in Germany and married the Tsar. Artist: Date:Originally uploaded to WikiMedia Commons 27 March 2006 by Torsten Schleese. Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Katharina-II-von-Russland.jpg Permission: Public domain. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of  life of the author plus 70 years.