Catherine the Great
Серия 2
S2 • E2 Dec 6, 2023 50m
1763 was the first year after the coronation of Catherine. Power is in her hands, but having taken the throne, it must be retained. The young Empress will have to make sure that the second is much more difficult than the first, and only ten years later she will rightfully call herself the Autocrat of All Russia. These years will be filled not only with victories and achievements, but also with defeats, the loss of loyal people, the betrayal of those whom she considered close, the struggle with palace intrigues and the intrigues of enemies from abroad.
The war with Turkey, European intrigues, a conspiracy to enthrone the half-witted Ivan Antonovich, a smallpox epidemic, then the plague in Moscow, the "Pugachev rebellion" - all this, without "killing" Catherine, makes her stronger. And now all the ambassadors of foreign powers call her Catherine the Great. But only she knows what sacrifices the achieved greatness demanded of her.
The war with Turkey, European intrigues, a conspiracy to enthrone the half-witted Ivan Antonovich, a smallpox epidemic, then the plague in Moscow, the "Pugachev rebellion" - all this, without "killing" Catherine, makes her stronger. And now all the ambassadors of foreign powers call her Catherine the Great. But only she knows what sacrifices the achieved greatness demanded of her.