From Catherine the Great (1729 - 1796) up until the last Russian Empress all the 'Russian' Tsarinas were, in fact, German. This was not because the path of true love led them straight to Petrograd, but the result of European power play at the highest level. Splendour and Misery of the Last...
52 min - History - Timeline - World History Documentaries
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