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.

Dearly loved dad of Andrea and Karen, loving father-in-law of Andrew, much loved brother of Tony, dear brother-in-law of Betty and Kay also a treasured grandad, great ... wife of the late Peter.

Beloved wife of the late Dennis, a dear mum of Peter and Julie and a special ... grandmother of Catherine, Elizabeth, James and Michael, great-grandmother of William, Millie, Jack, Rory and ...

Can any parallel instance be found, in which a nation has held fast to one great ... Peter and his whole army. In this supreme exigency, the good genius of Russia did not sleep. The Empress ...

Madame de Staël, who was married during Jefferson’s second year in Paris, he knew only as the daughter of Necker and the brilliant young wife of ... in Paris to the Empress Catherine, Jefferson ...

Denis Diderot, at Catherine the Great’s insistent invitation ... compromised himself by writing an adulatory history of Peter the Great, relying largely on material supplied by the Empress Elizaveta.) ...

Lindsey Hughes, Professor of Russian History at the School of Slavonic Studies, is our greatest living expert on the life of Peter the Great. In many ways she ... The woman they shared became Peter’s ...

Ever since Peter the Great founded the Russian Empire in 1721 and expanded westward during Empress Catherine the Great’s reign, Russia became one of the great powers of Europe, with trade and ...

An impressive blue, cream and gold historic building named after Catherine the First, wife of Peter the Great, Catherine Palace was designed ... The theatre was initially given permission to be built ...

Julie C. Dao’s fantasy book series “Rise of the Empress” will come to life on the small screen, as Amazon Prime Video has ordered a series adaptation. “American Horror Story” alums ...

Sadie Gennis is the managing editor of Polygon. She’s been covering TV and entertainment for nearly 15 years, with her work appearing in TV Guide, Variety, and Vulture. The Rise of the Empress ...