For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress — who reigned from 1762 ...

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.

Grigory is Catherine’s first real love. They begin an affair whilst she is still married to her unpleasant husband, Emperor Peter III, and he plays a ... Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by ...

In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned a building for his wife, Catherine, who succeeded him ... when their daughter, the Empress Elizabeth, engaged a series of architects to expand upon it.

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 ...