With her real name being Sophie, Russian empress Catherine the Great led the country to what age?

Catherine the Great led Russia into the Age of Enlightenment. The great Russian () was a proficient reader, with a collection of 44,000 books, and was a patron of the arts. The Winter Palace's Hermitage Museum holds her personal art collection. Catherine also started a penpal friendship with Voltaire, who'd written a biography of Peter the Great.

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