Catherine wasn't called “The Great” for nothing. Though she was one of the most enlightened women in the world, behind closed ...

Peter was then killed shortly afterwards and it is not known whether Catherine had a part in his death. She subsequently ... begun by Peter the Great. During her reign she extended the Russian ...

Read on to find out where Catherine the Great's royal gems ended up after her death in 1796. Catherine's most impressive pieces were part of the Russian Imperial Crown Jewels, passed down to ...

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 ...