Dashkoff, a Russian princess of note; played a part in the conspiracy which ended in the elevation of Catharine II. to the throne; was a woman of culture; founded the Russian Academy; projected and assisted in the compilation of a Russian dictionary; died at Moscow (1744‒1810).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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