Catherine the Great conquered some 200,000 square miles of land – and many hearts.
The Empress annexed Crimea, the Northern Caucasus, Belarus, parts of Ukraine, Lithuania, the Courland, and more. She also caused a real stir among the Russian aristocracy, counting dozens of men as her lovers.
Catherine the Great initiated relationships with the most reputed members of the Russian court, including Alexander Vasilchikov, an ensign of the Chevalier Guard Regiment, and Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski, a military leader, statesman, and nobleman. However, the Empress also had conquests from abroad, all over Europe, and has engaged in a long, heated exchange with French philosopher and writer, François-Marie Arouet Voltaire, reveals The Slate‘s Rebecca Onion.
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