Catherine the Great was Russia's longest-ruling female leader. Known more for her affairs of the heart than for affairs of state, she did, however, greatly expand Russia's empire.

Catherine the Great expanded Russia. Under Catherine’s rule, Russia expanded by 200,000 square miles. Of course, not all of those miles were obtained from their occupants willingly or peacefully ...

In addition to collecting art, Catherine commissioned an array of new cultural projects, including an imposing bronze monument to Peter the Great, Russia’s first state library, exact replicas of ...

The Empress of Art: Catherine the Great and the Transformation of Russia Susan Jaques. Pegasus, $28.95 (480p) ISBN 978-1-60598-972-3 ...

Catherine the Great poses with her husband Peter III, and son Paul I, who would later rule Russia from 1796 to 1801. Photograph by Fine Art Images, Heritage Images/Getty Compared to the rest of ...