In her sprightly new biography, “The Rebel Romanov,” Helen Rappaport introduces us to the enigmatic Julie of Saxe-Coburg.

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Catherine's major influences on her adopted country were in expanding Russia's borders and continuing ... liberal document that presented the empress’s vision of the ideal government.

She faces challenges on all sides, but everyone has underestimated the new Empress. Catherine has no interest ... She has been by Catherine’s side since she first arrived in Russia as a young bride in ...

Caterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army ...

Stoianoglo, a former prosecutor-general, will lead the coalition that says it wants to improve ties with Russia while also keeping a westward orientation. Speaking before parliament's decision ...

A statue of Russian Empress Catherine the Great ... on Nord Stream 2 and potentially other Russian assets in Europe Russia has no territorial claims to the Baltic states — Kremlin Dmitry ...

Having enthroned the wife of Peter the Great and his mistress Catherine I ... and enters the boudoir of the Empress. Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №1.

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Catherine, who succeeded him after his death, but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their daughter, the Empress Elizabeth, engaged a series of architects to ...

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