Empress <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine II</a> of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv" id="mwdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>.