Catherine the Great Part 4/5

(All copy rights are for PBS.) Catherine II , also known as Catherine the Great.She reigned as Empress of Russia from 9 July 1762 after the assassination of her husband, Peter III. Under her direct auspices the Russian Empire expanded, improved its administration, and continued to modernize along Western European lines. Catherine's rule re-vitalized Russia, which grew stronger than ever and became recognized as one of the great powers of Europe.

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[sagechild1]

@liana563 quite interesting question, thank you for bringing it forward

[flexorder]

Reincarnated as Alanis Morissette?

[ChadTRex]

Pugachev and his men are remarkably well dressed.

[liana563]

All sources state:

Taken in chains to Moscow, Pugachev was tried and sentenced to death. On Jan. 10, 1775, he was beheaded and quartered before a large Moscow crowd.

So why this movie gives non accurate information?

[liana563]

Anyway, Pushkin wrote well: ("Наказ писала, флоты жгла, / И умерла, садясь на судно."—literal translation: "Decreed the orders, burned the fleets / And died boarding a vessel", the last line can also be translated as "And died sitting down on the toilet".)

[liana563]

Wow, to have so many men and to be still justified. She just needed one today, found them witty, after a while they became boring, she appeared smarter, tried to find another. Anyway, her moral life can not be set up as an example for anyone. Haven prohibit!!!!!

[gaffneyal]

What a beautiful palace!!!!!