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Catherine Ascends; Peter Falls
Author: Tamara Eidelman
Translator: Nora Favorov
Russian Life: July/Aug 2012
Department: Tsarism
Page: 23 ( 2) pages
Summary: We read history through the eyes of the victors, and in June 1762, the victor was a German-born princess newly ascended to the throne with her husband, Peter III. To history she became known as Catherine the Great.
This article appeared in the July/Aug 2012 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.
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