[RUSSIA]. -- CATHERINE II, the Great, Empress of Russia. Printed document signed (Catherine [in Russian]). Oblong folio, ON VELLUM, with elaborately engraved border, accomplished in manuscript, papered royal seal at lower left; handsomely matted and framed with an engraved oval portrait. A military appointment of Nikolai Lyubovnikov from Captain to Second-Major. Not examined out of frame and sold not subject to return.