From the very minute that fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst agreed to marry the heir to the Russian throne, she found herself at the epicent...

Built for combat, this ship, by the will of fate, never fired a single shot in battle, although its service was replete with firing training. But three decad...

Ekaterina Furtseva remained in Russian history as “Catherine III”. Thus, she was associated with Catherine II and with Ekaterina Dashkova, who headed the St....

About the life and achievements of Catherine II, German by nationality and Lutheran by faith. The book is intended for a wide range of readers. When creating...

The heroine of this book called her life a novel, albeit a very sad one. Researchers often paid attention to the second part of the statement, forgetting abo...

The book for the first time completely collects the personal correspondence of Catherine II and G. A. Potemkin (1162 letters). The letters testify to the gre...

It was not for nothing that Empress Catherine II was called the Great. During the years of her reign, much changed in Russia: the state grew with new lands, ...

The love story of 34-year-old Andrei and 24-year-old Ekaterina - two completely different people who, it seemed, could not have anything in common. She is th...

The book contains memories, fragments of correspondence, documents that allow you to look at Empress Catherine II impartially - outside of established cliche...

The book by the famous historian and writer Olga Eliseeva tells about the young years of Catherine, the future “mistress of half the world.” At the age of 14...

The collection contains translations of previously published (1969 - 2008) and unpublished articles by David M. Griffiths, one of the best experts on the his...

The book “Catherine the Great” of the series “Russia - the path through the centuries” continues the story of the reign of Catherine II. It covers the intern...