For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress - who reigned from 1762 ...
In 1762 Catherine's husband became Tsar Peter III but he was soon overthrown with Catherine being declared empress ... Westernisation begun by Peter the Great. During her reign she extended ...
A cunning politician and master diplomat, Panin was a key supporter of Catherine’s coup but was left disappointed by Catherine’s decision to declare herself Empress ... at birth and raised by his ...