French was the language Empress Catherine II of Russia preferred.
She read French books indiscriminately. She acquired the Dictionnaire Historique et Critique by the French philosopher Pierre Bayle.
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French was the language Empress Catherine II of Russia preferred.
She read French books indiscriminately. She acquired the Dictionnaire Historique et Critique by the French philosopher Pierre Bayle.
French was language of almost all European Royal families in that times.
French was considered the language of diplomacy and therefore the court language used by the educated.