The Great gets a lot about Catherine’s life wrong, but it totally nails how the persistent horse rumor started and why it will never go away. It’s so fabulously out there that it overshadows ...

Cultural or Scientific Victories are the name of the game with Catherine the Great in Civilization 7. Here's how to play her.

Historians know for a fact that Catherine the Great did not die having sex with a horse. SHE DID NOT! First of all, the rumor didn’t even emerge until decades after her death, suggesting that it ...

In Catherine’s case, when she was born in 1729, she was named Sophie Friederike Auguste, daughter of a noble German family, although one that was fairly minor and obscure. Nevertheless, Sophie caught ...

Catherine the Great was Russia's longest-ruling female leader. Known more for her affairs of the heart than for affairs of state, she did, however, greatly expand Russia's empire.

How Catherine really became 'The Great' Once the upstart foreigner stole Russia’s throne, there was no stopping her enlightened reforms, her empire's expansion, and her pursuit of love and legacy.

Hulu Takes On Catherine The Great In A Series That's More Funny Than Factual A new, 10-part miniseries follows the exploits of the Russian empress who rose to power in a coup against her own husband.

Catherine the Great is less viscerally effective, and its timeliness, while absolutely there, isn’t nearly as propulsive. This is a more predictably stagey piece of embalmed history, ...

Catherine the Great’s Culture-Producing Ability Explained . Catherine the Great possesses a Star of the North ability that makes her one of the most efficient culture-generating leaders in the game.

Catherine The Great: First She Read, Then She Ruled Biographer Robert Massie explains how Catherine II read books to escape the misery of her unhappy marriage. When she became empress in 1762, she ...

Catherine the Great, By Robert Massie, Random House, $35. Massie's great talent is to create characters that seem sympathetic and understandable despite inhabiting a world that is almost ...

Now that Catherine has attempted to kill her husband, will they live happily ever after? Marriage is tough enough without the added responsibility of running an empire, so it’s no surprise that ...