Therefore, players looking to dominate their maps through culture, diplomacy, and the arts should not overlook Catherine the Great. Known for championing the arts, Catherine’s real-life ...

Even in the company of her peers – Queen Elizabeth I of England, Queen Christiana of Sweden, the empress Maria Theresa – Catherine the Great stands out as an empire-builder, a larger-than-life, ...

Catherine enjoys taking a dip in the pool to stay in top shape. Swimming is a great full-body workout, and Catherine shares plenty of content on Instagram getting in her strokes. Catherine is also a ...

Denis Diderot, at Catherine the Great’s insistent invitation, spent the autumn and winter of 1773–4 in St Petersburg. It was the worst time of year for an ageing philosopher, underdressed, plagued by ...

Catherine Belton is an international investigative reporter for The Washington Post, reporting on Russia. She worked from 2007 to 2013 as the Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times, and in ...

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Petersburg proper, the Catherine Palace and Park certainly merits a visit by anyone in the area, especially enthusiasts of elaborate and fanciful architecture. In 1717, Peter the Great ...

Catherine Opie was born in Sandusky, Ohio in 1961. Opie investigates the ways in which photographs both document and give voice to social phenomena in America today, registering people’s attitudes and ...

The good ol’ boys were determined to protect Catherine Bach and her Daisy Dukes ... We were often seen playing songs we'd written or great songs from our era. I think that the music joined ...