In 1745, after being received into the Russian Orthodox Church, and changing her name to Catherine, she married Grand Duke Peter, grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne.

John Paul Jones, cashed in on his service and fame as a war hero to command a Russian warship for Catherine the Great. Jones, a native of Scotland, arrived in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1774 and was ...

A pirate and a benefactor, Ioannis Varvakis had a bright life, supporting the Greek Revolution and becoming famous in both Greece and Russia.

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 ...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, ...

In 1764, Catherine the Great established the Smolny Institute for daughters of noble birth in St. Petersberg, which was the first educational institution for women in Russia. Catherine the Great ...

To achieve the Cultural Victory, Catherine the Great's best options are Greece in Antiquity, Norman in Exploration, and Russia in the Modern Age. Each of these civilizations complements Catherine ...

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You know, remembering what Prince Potemkin once wrote to [Empress of Russia] Catherine the Great when it came to the annexation of Crimea... He wrote the following: time will pass, and future ...