It is well overdue that this particular rumour about Russian empress Catherine the Great is sent to the glue factory ...
She subsequently had a series of lovers whom she promoted to high office, the most famous and successful of whom was Grigori Potemkin ... begun by Peter the Great. During her reign she extended ...
and turning Russia into one of the great powers of Europe. Brought from Germany as a young girl to marry the heir to the Russian throne, it soon became apparent to everyone that she was a more ...
Catherine wasn't called “The Great” for nothing. Though she was one of the most enlightened women in the world, behind closed ...