Through her modernized leadership techniques and values, the female leader, Catherine the Great exemplified cultural competence. She demonstrated cultural competence through her non tyrannical approach including: supporting the serfs, celebrating the religious freedom of Russia, and displaying gender equality. As part of Catherine's initiative to change Russia for the better she believed Russia would benefit from the abolition of serfdom. Catherine began campaigning for a law freeing serfs and on August 8, 1762 Catherine declared that: "In future, owners of factories and mines will be forbidden to purchase serfs for industrial labor apart from purchasing the land which the serfs were bound." Author Robert Maise later notes that "The decree
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Many note Catharine for having a brilliant mind as she expanded Russia in a myriad of ways geographically and economically. Her expansion was not a unique idea but she led her military with the values of amelioration and westernization and ultimately expanded to be noted by modern western countries. She began the expansion of Russia by Turkey, declaring war on Russia in October of 1768. The war became calm and wasn’t a persistent issue until 1784. In 1784 a treaty was signed and Russia officially gained Turkish land, completing Russia’s biggest expansion in the time of Catherine the Great. Catherine also expanded in many other areas such as: defeating the Ottoman empire which lead to expansion into the Black Sea; founding the first Russian colony in Alaska thereby expanding eastwards; and lastly founding many cities in a venture to modernize Russia. Although expansion is not exactly a modern idea the way Catherine approached the expansion was modern. Catherine expanded in order to make her country known and to revolutionize cities. She wanted her ideas to have an impact on the rest of the world and through expanding the country Catherine provided her citizens more cities and these cities created more jobs. The land that Catherine expanded shows how focused she was on modernizing Russia. Catherine took initiative to expand not just for her power but for the people of Russia. The expansion benefited the reputation of Russia and verifies that Catherine was successful even with a unique
Many note Catharine for having a brilliant mind as she expanded Russia in a myriad of ways geographically and economically. Her expansion was not a unique idea but she led her military with the values of amelioration and westernization and ultimately expanded to be noted by modern western countries. She began the expansion of Russia by Turkey, declaring war on Russia in October of 1768. The war became calm and wasn’t a persistent issue until 1784. In 1784 a treaty was signed and Russia officially gained Turkish land, completing Russia’s biggest expansion in the time of Catherine the Great. Catherine also expanded in many other areas such as: defeating the Ottoman empire which lead to expansion into the Black Sea; founding the first Russian colony in Alaska thereby expanding eastwards; and lastly founding many cities in a venture to modernize Russia. Although expansion is not exactly a modern idea the way Catherine approached the expansion was modern. Catherine expanded in order to make her country known and to revolutionize cities. She wanted her ideas to have an impact on the rest of the world and through expanding the country Catherine provided her citizens more cities and these cities created more jobs. The land that Catherine expanded shows how focused she was on modernizing Russia. Catherine took initiative to expand not just for her power but for the people of Russia. The expansion benefited the reputation of Russia and verifies that Catherine was successful even with a unique