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In the June 19 column, we discussed the rise of Russian imperial power in the time of Peter the Great, with particular reference to his impact on Russian religion and political expansion into Ukraine.

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The Great, Hulu's extravagant, bawdy, triumphantly irreverent series about the reign of Catherine the Great, never promised us historical accuracy. After all, each episode begins with the disclaimer ...

In her 34-year tenure as Russia’s sovereign, Catherine the Great expanded the country’s borders south and west, codified national law, squelched a spate of uprisings, and propagated Enlightenment ...

The Great tells the story of Catherine the Great in 18th-century Russia. Catherine is shown as a young and naive country girl who enters into an arranged marriage to Emperor Peter III of Russia. Like ...

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 ...

In his speech legitimizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Vladimir Putin invoked 18th-century history. It was, after all, Catherine II (also known as Catherine the Great) who had first ...

Among the reasons in play (at least, in my mind) are Putin is a Napoleonic asshole; Biden’s covering up his own corrupt doings in Ukraine by coaxing the kitty to the catnip; Zelensky is a Jew and ...

Princess Dashkova led research institutes, wrote plays and music, and embarked on a Grand Tour of 18th-century Europe E.R. Zarevich Princess Dashkova (center) exchanged letters with Benjamin Franklin ...