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At Oranienbaum, this ruler who certainly loved her thrills had a "sliding hill", an 18th c. version of a roller coaster |
Catherine the Great
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$1,200 |
DJ |
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY |
2006-04-25 |
#4987 |
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Born in 1729, this Russian empress had a secret room near her bed for entertaining lovers |
Catherine the Great
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$200 |
DJ |
ROYALTY |
1994-07-06 |
#2283 |
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This Russian empress helped her old lover Stanislaw II become king of Poland |
Catherine the Great
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$600 |
DJ |
ROYALTY |
1993-07-20 |
#2062 |
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As a child, Czar Alexander I was taken away from his parents & raised by this empress, his grandmother |
Catherine the Great
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$1,000 |
DJ |
ROYALTY |
1992-01-17 |
#1705 |
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Count Grigory Orlov not only led the coup that placed her on the Russian throne, he was one of her lovers |
Catherine the Great
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$200 |
DJ |
ROYALTY |
1991-01-22 |
#1477 |
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This empress was suspected of plotting the murder of her husband czar Peter III |
Catherine the Great
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$100 |
J |
ROYALTY |
1989-07-07 |
#1135 |
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It's said this lusty empress' favorite toast was "God, grant us our desires and grant them quickly" |
Catherine the Great
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$600 |
DJ |
ROYALTY |
1989-05-15 |
#1096 |
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Born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, she was Russia's empress during the American Revolution |
Catherine the Great
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$600 |
DJ |
ROYALTY |
1986-12-24 |
#533 |