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Written by one of the co-creators of another zany period drama, Oscar-winner The Favourite, the show is just as witty, slapstick and saucy, portraying the court of Russian Empress Catherine the Great (from which the series gets its name) and her oafish husband Emperor Peter III as one of hedonistic boredom and lasciviousness. But among all the ...
Oct 22, 2019 · This Tsar, called Peter II, was a child alcoholic who died on his wedding day after ruling for three years. The privy council picked Peter the Great’s niece Anna to rule after him (not...
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Peter the Great: With Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif, Trevor Howard. Biopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.
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- 1986-02-02
- Biography, Drama, History
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- Taking Liberties with History
- Who Was Catherine The Great?
- A Disastrous Marriage
The Great takes significant liberties with historical facts, distorting the timeline and altering the lineage of its characters. In The Great, Peter is already emperor when Catherine arrives, whereas in reality, they were married for 17 years before he ascended the throne. In the series, Peter is the son of Peter the Great, whereas the true Peter w...
Catherine was born Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst in 1729 in Stettin, Prussia (now known as Szczecin in Poland). Her father, a minor German prince, was a Prussian governor of Stettin. Her mother’s royal connections and political machinations brought Sophie to the attention of the reigning Russian empress, Elizabeth. The empress decided...
Catherine and Peter’s marriage was a disastrous mismatch. They were completely incompatible in terms of intellect and interests. While Catherine was an erudite lover of European culture, Peter was boorish and immature. He lacked ambition and did not understand his role as the future emperor. Their differences led them to seek intimacy elsewhere, ra...
The first season tells the story of princess Sophie Friederike Auguste, and her rise to power to become Empress of Russia, following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III. The second season portrays the challenges she faces at home and abroad during the early years of her rule, as she tries to revitalise Russia to ...
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Peter II of Russia. Peter II Alexeyevich [alt 1] (23 October 1715 – 30 January 1730) [alt 2] was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich [a] and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
