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    Catherine the Great

    The eighth and greatest Emperor of Russia

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  1. Oct 21, 2019 · Here's what's fact and fiction about Russia's longest-reigning female ruler, Catherine the Great, played by Helen Mirren in a new series.

  2. Death narratives. Death while having sex with a horse. Several stories about the circumstances of her death at age 67 in 1796 originated in the years following her death.

  3. Oct 21, 2019 · How did Catherine the Great die? She didn’t die fucking a horse, that’s for sure. The most notorious sexual myth about Catherine is that she was crushed to death by the horse with whom she...

  4. May 15, 2020 · Perhaps the most readily recognizable anecdote related to Catherine centers on a horse. But the actual story of the monarch’s death is far simpler: On November 16, 1796, the 67-year-old empress...

  5. Jul 5, 2024 · There’s a famous story about Empress Catherine the Great of Russia involving a horse. The myth says Catherine died because a horse fell on her while she was trying to have sex with it. People usually blame a broken harness or lifting device for this.

  6. The "afterimage" of Catherine II ("the Great") in modern cultural memory has come to include, among other things, a historical anecdote about the 18th-century, German-born, Russian empress's alleged fondness for sex with horses—a case of hippophilia so extreme that, according to one popular variant, it resulted in her accidental death during ...

  7. Jun 18, 2024 · Catherine the Great, empress of Russia (1762–96) who led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of Europe. With her ministers she reorganized the administration and law of the Russian Empire and extended Russian territory, adding Crimea and much of Poland.

  8. In reality, Catherine the Great died of a stroke and she was discovered collapsed on the floor in her washroom. She fell into a coma and died the next day whilst lying in her bed. The cause of death was confirmed by autopsy.

  9. Jan 15, 2024 · Catherine the Great loved horses. But not THAT way. (Credit: Public domain/Wikimedia Commons) Sadly, by the time Catherine died in 1796, plenty of people in both the Russian court and Europe at large were happy to spread gossip and rumors designed to undermine her accomplishments in the meanest and most sexist ways.

  10. Mar 16, 2023 · How Catherine really became 'The Great'. Once the upstart foreigner stole Russia’s throne, there was no stopping her enlightened reforms, her empire's expansion, and her pursuit of love and...

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