Empress of Ambition: Catherine the Great

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Empress of Ambition: Catherine the Great

2006

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National Geographic: Icons of Power - Empress of Ambition documents the life and reign of Russia's Catherine the Great, widely considered one of the most controversial rulers in the history of the world.

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Alla Oding

Catherine the Great

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Nicholas Schatzki

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Irina Malinovskaya

Young Catherine

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Степан Абрамов

Tsar Peter III

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Pavel Ryabenkov

Emelian Pugachev

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