For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress — who reigned ... a significant collector of Imperial Russia-era art.

For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment. The formidable Russian empress — who reigned from 1762 ... a significant collector of Imperial Russia-era art.

Though it's located about 20 miles outside St. Petersburg proper, the Catherine Palace and Park certainly merits a visit by anyone in the area, especially enthusiasts of elaborate and fanciful ...

(Voltaire had already compromised himself by writing an adulatory history of Peter the Great, relying largely on material supplied by the Empress Elizaveta ... Diderot did not stop buying works of art ...

The high art that collectors did possess was entirely the work of foreigners. In his efforts to modernise Russia, Peter the Great was aware that the arts Only a selection of our reviews and articles ...

This image has not been verified by the BBC [Reuters] Russia claims that its forces have captured the front-line town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region. The town has borne the brunt ...

In the news conference, Trump proposed getting rid of the “artificially drawn line” between Canada ... This is a world that makes Russia and China great again.

Russia claims that its forces have captured the front-line town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region. The town has borne the brunt of Russian advances in recent months and is a ...