Intellectual
Catherine was very involved in the education aspect of Russian society. She wanted to set up schools that gave children a European education. She used this to establish that Russia was European, not Asian. She really emphasized the education of women. She founded the Smolny Institute, which was a school designed to teach noble girls how to be proper and behave in society. Later, they started admitting girls from the middle class, too. Catherine's goal was to westernize Russia and establish it as a European country.