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 ...

Steamy mini-series Catherine The Great is written by Elizabeth I’s Nigel Williams, following the rule and great loves of the Russian queen (played by Helen Mirren). However, in comparison with her ...

When The Favorite earned ten Oscar nominations in 2018, it signaled the rise of a new genre-- history as comedy. "The Great" was created by one of the film's writers and it brings a comical ...

Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (New York: Random House, 2011), 656 pp., $35.00. THE SUBTITLE of Robert K. Massie’s biography announces the book’s keynote: it is to be a ...

Civilization 7 features Catherine the Great, an iconic leader of Russia captivated by the pursuit of cultural and scientific advancement. Similar to how she was in real life, the Civ 7 version of her ...

The history of the formation of the personality of the Catherine the Great from the moment of her arrival in Russia as the bride of Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich to her ascension to the Russian throne.

In 1745, a German Princess, renamed Catherine (Elisabeth Bergner), arrives to marry Grand Duke Peter of Russia (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), whom she initially likes. But his suspicious, unstable nature ...

Who are the Civilization 7 leaders? From Augustus Caesar to Xerxes I, Catherine the Great to Trung Trac, Firaxis is treating us to an all-star lineup of historical figureheads in its latest Civ ...