Catherine the Great

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Her lover Grigory Orlov helped organize the 1760s coup that made her an empress Catherine the Great $1,000 J HISTORIC LEADERS 2025-12-09 #9452
This empress did not promulgate the 1773 papal bull suppressing Jesuits, allowing them to survive in Russia Catherine the Great $400 DJ HISTORIC GREATS 2023-06-30 #8905
Here'sa portrait of this empress of Russia, who did not go byheroriginal name of Sophie Catherine the Great $800 DJ GREATS IN HISTORY 2021-09-20 #8471
On Hulu's "The Great", this queen gets to meet Voltaire & ask him about "Candide" Catherine the Great $1,600 DJ HISTORIC TV 2021-01-18 #8316
Britannica notes that this Russian ruler "had young lovers up to the time of her unexpected death...at...67" Catherine the Great $200 J HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE 2019-11-19 #8097
This Empress was wild about the obese, vain & one-eyed Grigory Potemkin Catherine the Great $800 DJ HISTORICAL ROMANCES 2015-03-02 #7016
Before she was Russian empress, she wanted serfs freed; after, not so much, enslaving previously free Ukrainians, too Catherine the Great $200 J THAT'S TOTALLY HISTORICAL! 2013-11-12 #6707
In 1764 this czarina determined the borders of Poland & installed one of her lovers as king Catherine the Great $1,200 DJ HISTORIC WOMEN 2013-04-15 #6586
When this Russian empress learned she had dandruff, she locked up her hairdresser so he couldn't tell Catherine the Great $400 DJ STRANGE HISTORY 2011-01-27 #6074
Lovers? Oh yes, there was Orlov, Potemkin & Zubov, but 34 years as Russian Empress taught her love came with a price Catherine the Great $800 DJ HISTORY A LA HARLEQUIN 2007-01-30 #5157
Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia Catherine the Great $800 J TEENS IN HISTORY 2005-01-27 #4699
Rumor has it this "Great" Russian empress had insomnia; with all those lovers, who could sleep? Catherine the Great $200 DJ WILD WOMEN IN HISTORY 1998-04-27 #3156
She was ruler of Russia when it fought 2 wars against the Ottoman Empire, 1768-1774 & 1787-1791 Catherine the Great $400 DJ HISTORY 1997-02-17 #2876
During her reign, 1762-1796, she established the first Russian schools for girls Catherine the Great $400 DJ HISTORIC WOMEN 1996-02-05 #2636
She took the Russian throne in 1762 after her husband Peter III, was deposed Catherine the Great $500 J HISTORY 1995-12-01 #2590
Of Russia's 4 empresses, she reigned the longest–34 years Catherine the Great $200 J HISTORY 1995-10-09 #2551
At 15 she was betrothed to Grand Duke Peter; she later became a "Great" empress Catherine the Great $300 J TEENS IN HISTORY 1995-02-14 #2412
When this Russian ruler died in 1796, she had reigned for 34 years Catherine the Great $100 J THE 1790s 1995-01-16 #2391
This Russian empress was a sexy sexagenarian when she finished fighting the Turks in 1792 Catherine the Great $100 J SENIORS IN HISTORY 1994-07-21 #2294
German by birth, she took her seat on the throne of Russia in 1762 Catherine the Great $200 DJ HISTORY 1994-03-29 #2212
During the reign of this "Great" empress, Russia gained about 200,000 square miles Catherine the Great $100 J HISTORY 1994-01-20 #2164
Ukraine was fully absorbed into the Russian Empire during the 1762-1796 reign of this empress Catherine the Great $200 DJ RUSSIAN HISTORY 1993-11-26 #2125
This czarina gave her lover Grigori Potemkin the Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg Catherine the Great $200 DJ HISTORY 1993-07-02 #2050
During her reign in the 1700s, this empress legalized serfdom in Ukraine Catherine the Great $300 J RUSSIAN HISTORY 1993-05-26 #2023
The Orlov diamond, given to this Russian empress by a lover, was sort of a lovely parting gift Catherine the Great $400 J HISTORY 1993-05-07 #2010
Empress known as the "Little Mother of all the Russias" Catherine the Great $200 DJ HISTORIC NICKNAMES 1991-10-03 #1629
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