Catherine II is still sold to the world as an educated empress, a friend of Voltaire, and a symbol of Russia's "golden age." But behind this scenery lies a coup d'état, the death of Peter III, the liquidation of the hetman's rule, the enslavement of free Ukrainians, the annexation of Crimea, wars, terror, corruption, and debts that the empire paid off for almost a century.

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Navigation:
00:00 Why Catherine II is still called "the Great"
05:03 Palace coups and Germans on the Moscow throne
10:29 How Sophia Augusta Frederica became Catherine II
14:58 Catherine II's lovers and the truth about Peter III
20:48 How Catherine II seized power and what happened to her husband
24:18 What Catherine II's "golden age" really hid
29:42 Favorites, bribes and corruption at the imperial court
32:29 How Catherine II expanded slavery and enslaved Ukraine
36:12 How the Russian Empire annexed Crimea and the Black Sea region
41:18 Pugachev's rebellion, terror, famine and debts of the "golden age"
45:03 How Catherine II punished those who wrote the truth
46:52 What mines did the empress lay under the Russian Empire
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