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#2  Catherine The Great

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In a time of men - of the enlightenment and of extraordinary change, a young German princess found herself at the reigns of the great Russian Empire. Her cunning, hunger and strategic mind made her the perfect leader for a country that might have stayed medieval and backward when all of Europe was advancing. She was never anyone’s wife or lover - she made the rules. Catherine the Great was precisely that... great.
Season 1 / Episode 2 29 Aug English South Africa History

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