In 1745, after being received into the Russian Orthodox Church, and changing her name to Catherine, she married Grand Duke Peter, grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne.

Dr. Catherine Wanner testified on Russia’s persecution of evangelical Christians in occupied Ukraine. She explained that Russia targets these groups due to their religious pluralism, ties to the West, ...

It is also a love story between the most extraordinary woman and man of the age. The longest-serving female ruler in Russian history and one of the most significant monarchs of modern Europe, ...

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Working together as a proper team at last, Catherine and Dashkova also established the Russian Academy, which was devoted to preserving and promoting Russian dialects and literature. As president ...

Firaxis Games revealed the Russian faction in Civilization 7 led by Empress Catherine the Great. The abilities presented are Prosveshchenie, Dusha, General Moroz, and Samoderzhaviye. Developers say ...

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 ...

John Paul Jones, cashed in on his service and fame as a war hero to command a Russian warship for Catherine the Great. Jones, a native of Scotland, arrived in Fredericksburg, Va., in 1774 and was ...