She subsequently had a series of lovers whom she promoted to high office, the most famous and successful of whom was Grigori Potemkin ... begun by Peter the Great. During her reign she extended ...

Grigory Potemkin is the love of Catherine’s life and the most powerful man in the ... Taken from Catherine at birth and raised by his great aunt, Empress Elizabeth, and tutor, Minister Panin, Paul ...

Otherwise, Putin will not cease his effort to restore the legacy of conquest that rewarded Catherine with the epithet “the Great” and Prince Grigory Potemkin with a semi-independent empire ...