For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than adornment ... The stone was given to Catherine by her then-lover ...

A large-scale Russian attack on the city of Kherson on 20 December damaged a significant architectural landmark and one of the city's oldest Orthodox churches, St Catherine's Cathedral.

Grigory Potemkin, a prominent Russian military leader, was also buried there, but Russian troops allegedly took Potemkin’s remains with them when they retreated from Kherson in October 2022. This is ...

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 ...

When they withdrew from Kherson, they even raided an ancient cathedral crypt and made away with the bones of Grigory Potemkin ... in what Russia calls the Great Patriotic War, ratcheting up ...

As a young man, Tsar Peter the Great of Russia was fascinated by ... intended to support Field Marshal Grigory Potemkin’s army in the Lower Danube. On September 5, Ushakov took the Sevastopol ...

Coat of arms of Princes Orlov Catherine the Great's charter of creation of the title of Count Orlov, 1763 Grigory Orlov sold his huge manor and castle in Gatchina to the crown in 1783. The oldest and ...

Oscar winner Helen Mirren starrer HBO historical drama, “Catherine the Great" will debut on October 21, the channel has announced.

The Apple TV+ satirical comedy about the inner workings of Hollywood debuts March 26. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief “Fuck, what is happening to this town? I remember when the red carpet ...