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Catherine the Great

1914 Imperial Fabergé egg
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Summary

Catherine the Great is a Fabergé egg[1]. It draws 271 Wikipedia views per month (faberg egg category, ranking #23 of 66).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Henrik Wigström[3]
  • Country: Russian Empire[4]
  • Commissioned by: Nicholas II of Russia[5]
  • Owned by: Maria Feodorovna[6], Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens[7]
  • Named after: Catherine II of Russia[8]
  • Manufacturer: House of Fabergé[9]
  • Depicts: Catherine II of Russia[10]
  • Made from material: gold[11], diamond[12], vitreous enamel[13], pearl[14], velvet[15]
  • Collection: Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens[16]
  • Location: Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens[17]
  • Commons category: Catherine the Great (Fabergé egg)[18]
  • Inception: 1914[19]
  • Main subject: Catherine II of Russia[20]
  • Height: 121 millimetre[21]
  • Width: 89 millimetre[22]
  • Capital cost: 28,600 Russian ruble[23]
  • Price: 28,600 Russian ruble[24], 8000 Soviet ruble[25], 12,500 US dollars[26]

Why It Matters

Catherine the Great has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Catherine II of Russia Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) Nicholas II of Russia Russian Empire

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital cost → {'unit': 'Q41044', 'amount': '+28600'}
    Location → Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
    Inception → +1914-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → Fabergé egg
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Owned by: Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Replace Q56849582, a 2002 scholarly article titled Hillwood Museum & Gardens, with the museum Hillwood Estate, Museum & Garden"
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