Catherine the Great dragged Russia into the modern world ... Their relationship was shortlived and he was replaced as her favourite and consort by Grigory Potemkin in 1774, perhaps the most famous of ...

Grigory Potemkin is the love of Catherine’s life and the most powerful man in the ... Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by his great aunt, Empress Elizabeth, and tutor, Minister Panin, Paul ...

Catherine the Great was the most powerful woman of her time ... saw an opportunity for change and began plotting a coup with her military officer lover Grigory Orlov. On the night of 8 July 1762, ...

A monument to Catherine II and her associates in Odessa ... Four statues of Odessa’s founders (Grigory Potemkin, Platon Zubov, Francois de Wollant and Jose de Ribas - TASS) will return to ...

Prince Grigory Potemkin, was a favourite and, indeed, a lover of Catherine the Great – one of many, for she was sexually insatiable. He decided to try to win her favour during her visit to the Crimea ...