Documents of Catherine the Great

Introduction; The correspondence with Voltaire, letters I to CLIX; The Grand Instructions: 1. That Russia is an European state; 2. Of the extent of the Russian Empire; 3. Of the safety of the institutions of monarchy; 4. That there must be a political body, to whom the care and strict execution of these laws out to be confided; 5. Of the situation of the people in general; 6. Of the laws in general; 7. Of the laws in particular; 8. Of punishments; 9. Of the administration of justice in general; 10. Of the forms of criminal courts; 11. That a society of citizens requires a certain fixed order; 12. Of the propagation of the human species in a state; 13. On the handicraft trades and commerce; 14. Of education; 15. Of the nobility; 16. Of the middling sort of people; 17. Of the cities; 18. Of inheritances; 19. Of the composition of laws; 20. Of the different statutes which require explanation; 21. Of good order, otherwise termed police; 22. Of the expences, revenues, and publick management of the finances; that is, of the oeconomy of the state, otherwise termed the direction of the Exchequer; Notes; Table of events, 1762–77; Index.