Catherine the Great moved to a foreign land as a teenager and became one of the most important leaders in history. Known for ...

A con artist who was able to take power by spreading misinformation his supporters adhered to even when it was clearly false.

Catherine the Great can achieve Civilization 7's Cultural Victory with Greece, Norman, and Russia as her civilizations of choice during each Age.

Russia’s palatial institution is now the second largest in the world, with an impressive collection of three million objects ...

A copper coin discovered by a schoolchild in a park in Espoo last month is believed to be about 230 years old. A local ...

In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned a building for his wife, Catherine, who succeeded him after his death, but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their ...

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 ...

Enough cannot be said about the singing, the dancing, the costume and production design and more in William Kentridge's ...

More than 350 people had to be evacuated because their properties were at risk during the blaze in August - with some ...

Catherine Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat ... She is a member of the Military Writers Guild and the National Press Club. The Russian prime minister recently complained about "unfounded ...

Curtis ran towards the group sat around the firepit before going to his knees to slide across the floor directly at Catherine ... if it can happen again, great.

“Hereditary states are much less difficult to hold than new states. If such a ruler is ordinarily diligent and competent his government will always be secure.” Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) ...