Catherine the Great, One of a Kind (Part Two)

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Brought to Russia as fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia from a tiny German principality, she became Catherine the Great, the most powerful woman in Europe. Catherine's coronation painting, wearing her remarkable crown Pugachev, harassing captive nobles before their execution Paul I, Catherine's son and heir Grigori Potemkin Peterhof Palace The Winter Palace and Hermitage Museum The Bronze Horseman statue of Peter the Great

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