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.

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 ...

The second-largest museum in the world by gallery space, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, was started from Catherine’s private collection in 1764.

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the ...

Catherine the Great can achieve Civilization 7's Cultural Victory with Greece, Norman, ... Constructing the Hermitage should ...

The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of the most visited museums in the world, is set to undergo a comprehensive ...

The museum’s origins date back to Russian Empress Catherine the Great, a lover of the arts who wrote plays and children’s ...

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A replica of Catherine the Great’s 5,000-diamond-encrusted crown (the original cannot leave Russia) is part of the Hermitage Amsterdam’s new exhibition on the life of the empress.

Elle Fanning teased the upcoming third season of The Great during her appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event. In the Hulu series, Fanning plays Catherine the Great ...

Catherine’s collection soon ballooned as the empress amassed 4,000 paintings, 38,000 books, 10,000 engraved gems, 10,000 drawings, and 16,000 coins and medals. She also added to the museum’s ...