Catherine, who ruled Russia for 34 long years, made the country a powerful nation but her ‘benevolence’ was different ...

In 1745, after being received into the Russian Orthodox Church ... III but he was soon overthrown with Catherine being declared empress. Peter was then killed shortly afterwards and it is not ...

After Paul's assassination in 1801, the Scottish doctor helped Empress Maria Feodorovna to escape while carrying the future Tsar Nicholas I to safety. He continued to work in Russia until 1816 ...