The Imperial Crown of Catherine II the Great. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Catherine’s most impressive pieces were part of the Russian Imperial Crown Jewels ...
The formidable Russian empress — who reigned from 1762 to 1796 after overthrowing her own husband, Peter III — understood ...
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 ...
In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned a building for his wife, Catherine, who succeeded him after his death, but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their ...
The mayor of a town outside Yekaterinburg finds himself apologizing for a holiday makeover that dressed outdoor monuments of Vladimir Lenin and Catherine the Great as Ded Moroz (Father Frost) and ...
From CNN's Catherine ... Russian state media TASS as Ilya Polikarpov. Polikarpov was the father of two children aged eight and nine years old, his wife Natalya told TASS, calling him a “great ...