She has lost hope of having a child with prince potemkin She has new love interests, new favorites But the biggest and most important love of the empress is russia itself Ekaterina has to make decisions that determine the fate of her throne and her empire. She begins her journey as a young german princess selected to marry peter the third, heir to the russian throne She shows that even in an age of imperial dynasties and arranged marriages, power is not given
Popular historical drama about russia's empress, ekaterina ii, also known as catherine the great and her rise to power and passionate entanglements Princess frederika of germany journeys to a new future in the royal court of empress elizabeth of russia, and a marriage to a russian prince. Ekaterina is a historical biographical series which chronicles the rise of the russian empress catherine the great 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. In 1779, empress catherine ii is already called the great by everyone, thanks to her closest associate, the influential princess dashkova Her loyal comrade and, in fact, the second person in the state is the most serene prince potemkin, the former favorite, the crowned husband of catherine.
Following the death of her husband peter, ekaterina ii became the most powerful woman in both russia and all of europe She would later become known as catherine the great. Ekaterina is a russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the russian yekaterina [1] katya and katyusha are common diminutive forms of ekaterina.
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