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 ...

And so we come to our second quality television series about Catherine II of Russia in the space of seven months, “The Great,” with a marvelous Elle Fanning as the 18th century Russian empress. (Helen ...

Catherine The Great: Empress of Russia Catherine II championed the ideas of the Enlightenment during her 34-year reign. How did a German princess from a minor noble family become the empress of Russia ...

In HBO’s “Catherine the Great,” Mirren portrays the 18th-century Russian empress at the height of her powers. By Julia Jacobs In the first episode of the HBO mini-series “Catherine the Great,” the ...

HBO's limited series Catherine the Great will introduce viewers to the ambitious Russian empress Catherine II, who reigned for an astonishing 34 years, the longest a woman has held the throne in the ...

Pope Francis has explained what he meant when he spoke of "great Russia" to Russian youth on 25 August. He remembered Peter I and Catherine II from school, and mentioning them "maybe wasn't quite ...

ODESA, Ukraine - A large monument to former Russian empress Catherine the Great was removed from a central square in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and replaced with the flag of Ukraine. Video from ...

She was the most powerful woman in the world. An avid reader who maintained lengthy correspondence with the leading philosophers of her day. She wrote plays, works of children’s literature, and a ...

And so we come to our second quality television series about Catherine II of Russia in the space of seven months, “The Great,” with a marvelous Elle Fanning as the 18th century Russian empress. (Helen ...