For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress - who reigned from 1762 to 1796 after overthrowing her own husband, Peter III - understood that ...

In 1762 Catherine's husband became Tsar Peter III but he was soon overthrown with Catherine being declared empress ... by Peter the Great. During her reign she extended the Russian empire ...

Catherine I was the first woman to rule Russia, and that action ... SEE ALSO: HBO's 'Catherine the Great' trailer promises blood, drama, and a very horny empress Crowning a literal infant who ...

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This ahistorical take on the rise of Russian empress Catherine the Great (Fanning) gets substantially darker this season. With this darkness comes more daring storytelling choices, more ...

62 x 47 cm. (24.4 x 18.5 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

a descendant of Russian Empress Catherine II, who was known as Catherine the Great and reigned in 1762-1796, and her court favorite Prince Grigory Potemkin, according to the relevant presidential ...

Often referred to as the “Russian Hamlet”, Paul is a tortured figure who struggles to cope with his father’s death and his mother’s new lovers. Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by his great ...

recorded against the backdrop of the statue of Russian Empress Catherine II the Great in the Kremlin’s Senate’s Palace. The president went on to say that in Russia, International Women's Day ...

The museum’s origins date back to Russian Empress Catherine the Great, a lover of the arts who wrote plays and children’s literature. In 1764, nearly a century before the State Hermitage’s ...