Catherine's major influences on her adopted country were in expanding Russia's borders and continuing the process of Westernisation begun by Peter the Great ... died in St Petersburg on 17 ...

who is mentioned a lot in Catherine the Great as the iconic ruler who founded St. Petersburg and brought Russia into a new era of scientific and cultural enlightenment. The first thing anyone ...

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 ... this museum is the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in the first place. Recent travelers offered fulsome praise for ...

Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by his great aunt, Empress Elizabeth, and tutor, Minister Panin, Paul never formed a loving relationship with Catherine. The brutal, conniving and ambitious ...