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 ...

Russia’s longest-ruling female leader, Catherine II — better known as Catherine the Great — was a force to be reckoned with. Coming to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III, Catherine was ...

She was the most powerful woman in the world. An avid reader who maintained lengthy correspondence with the leading philosophers of her day. She wrote plays, works of children’s literature, and a ...

ODESA, Ukraine - A large monument to former Russian empress Catherine the Great was removed from a central square in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and replaced with the flag of Ukraine. Video from ...

Empress Catherine II, a.k.a. Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796) ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 and inspired a renaissance of culture and the sciences that brought on the founding of many new cities, ...

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Kate Middleton, wearing a Catherine Walker wool coatdress in black, joined members of the British royal family for the ...

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As Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine, local lawmakers in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa have decided to dismantle a statue of 18th-century Russian Empress Catherine the Great. On November 30, ...

Olivia Durand receives research funding from Freie Universität Berlin, where she is a postdoctoral visting fellow alongside her position at the University of Oxford. Pope Francis’s video speech to the ...