Catherine II (Catherine the Great) late 18th-early 19th century Russian, Kholmogory Forms a pair of profile portraits of Russian czars along with 1972.145.37, Peter the Great. Kholmogory, a settlement at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River possessed a thriving ivory- and bone-carving industry using the by-products of the hunting and whaling activities at nearby Archangelsk.. Catherine II (Catherine the Great). Russian, Kholmogory. late 18th-early 19th century. Walrus ivory. Sculpture-Miniature