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Summary Of Baron De Breuil

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The speaker is Baron de Breteuil, a French diplomat from Moscow. The speaker is credible because even though he acknowledges how certain aspects of her reign will flourish and how her passion proves useful in Russian society, he does mention negative vices that will inflict havoc upon her sovereignty and ultimately lead to internal faults in her empire.

This document was a letter written during Catherine's reign in the late 18th century. Breteuil wrote this letter to show that even though Catherine is ambitious in trying to illustrate the change she visualized for Russia, her proposals and laws are filled with haughty control and selfishness, whilst her mindset is focused on her stubborn pursuits and not her false steps.

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