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catherine: down slippery but comfortable slopes

Catherine the great and the cultural myth of the Potemkin village. How much was true and how much was fake? Only Potemkin knew for sure on that extravagant voyage down the Dnieper in 1787… …Joseph II, who peevishly described the … Continue reading

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