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 ...

Catherine I was the first woman to rule Russia, and that action ... SEE ALSO: HBO's 'Catherine the Great' trailer promises blood, drama, and a very horny empress Crowning a literal infant who ...

This ahistorical take on the rise of Russian empress Catherine the Great (Fanning) gets substantially darker this season. With this darkness comes more daring storytelling choices, more ...

Russian ordnance rained down on the city of Dnipro damaging an historic palace that stood as a reminder of Russian ...

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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 ...

Vladimir Putin held talks via videoconference with President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro. The consultations were timed to ...

The city hall of Ukraine’s coastal city of Odessa has ruled to dismantle and relocate the monument to Empress Catherine the Great ... a monument to 18th century Russian Generalissimo Alexander ...