Catherine the Great
- Ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796
- She exchanged many letters with Voltaire
- In 1767 Catherine formed a commission to review Russia's laws
- Recommended allowing religious toleration and abolishing torture and capitol punishment
- Eventually put in place limited reforms
- But did little improvement to improve the life of the Russian peasants
- English doctor
- Takes four disastrous voyages that leave him stranded in strange lands
- Gulliver tried to win points with the king of Brobdingnag
- Offered to show the king how to make guns and cannons