In 1762 Catherine's husband became Tsar Peter III but he was soon overthrown with Catherine being declared empress ... by Peter the Great. During her reign she extended the Russian empire ...

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 ...

Often referred to as the “Russian Hamlet”, Paul is a tortured figure who struggles to cope with his father’s death and his mother’s new lovers. Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by his great ...