What Happened to Russian Empress Catherine the Great's Jewelry - And Who Has It Now?
For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress - who reigned from ...
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Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796)
Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, then part of Prussia (now Szczecin in Poland), the daughter of a minor German prince. In 1745, after being received ...
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What Happened to Russian Empress Catherine the Great’s Jewelry — And Who Has It Now?
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 ...