Catherine II


 * German-born Russian empress
 * Gregory Potemkin built sham villages to make the Crimea seem proserous
 * First Russian paper currency, Assignment Rubles, circulated
 * Treaty of Jassy expanded her empire
 * Victories at Chesma, Iasi, and Ochakev led to this
 * Crushed the Bar Confederation
 * The Northern Accord among Russia, Prussia, Sweden, and Poland was created to counter French and Austrian influence