

Catherine shoved aside her husband and seized the throne of Russia. She put down peasant revolts and palace coups, took on powerful Turkish sultans and scornful European kings. For more than three decades, she ruled with good intentions and an iron fist.
Catherine shoved aside her husband and seized the throne of Russia. She put down peasant revolts and palace coups, took on powerful Turkish sultans and scornful European kings. For more than three decades, she ruled with good intentions and an iron fist.