German on the Russian throne. By her command both the husband and the boy were killed

Zdjęcie: Ivan Argunow, Katarzyna Wielka Źródło: Wikimedia Commons


Catherine II in Russia is called the Great. Her way to the throne was winding and abounded in many coincidences. However, thanks to her own determination and her mother's efforts to get her daughter married as favorably as possible, the young girl from Szczecin Zofia, yet became Catherine II.