the Russian czar deposed by his better-known wife, Catherine the Great. Perhaps motivated by the prospect of this unflattering legacy, the Russian noblewoman—commonly called Princess Dashkova ...

For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress - who reigned ... The stone was given to Catherine by her then-lover Count Grigory Grigoryevich ...

She subsequently had a series of lovers whom she promoted to high office, the most famous and successful of whom was Grigori Potemkin. Catherine ... Great. During her reign she extended the ...

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 ...