Catherine the Great transformed the royal residence of St. Petersburg, the Hermitage, into a center of culture, painting, and performing arts.
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<span>The Vedas are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.</span>
Answer:
popular support for the Union was strong in England.
Explanation:
Britain took a neutral stand during the civil war in the United States of America. Although a small British private interest supported Confederacy by supplying ammunition in exchange for cotton. But overall conditions signifies that Britain actually supported the Union efforts. The trade with Confederate states was declined by 90 percent. The hopes of British intervention by the Confederate remained a mere hope as Britain never recognized it as a nation nor it signed any treaty with it. Moreover, the British interest of trade was better supported by Unionism than by dividing it and the stakes for intervention were high.
