History vs. Russia’s most infamous empress Catherine the Great

Recommendable!

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Today, National Geographic in an email newsletter pointed out  "Against all odds, she held on for 34 years. Her domestic reforms transformed Russia, but she also engaged in the brutal imperialism that Vladimir Putin aped centuries later—annexing Crimea and invading Ukraine." 

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great: Russia’s Greatest Empress

Very recommendable! What an astonishing woman!