boat ride: catherine’s pleasure cruise
Catherine,s boat ride. The Empress was showing off the wonders of her realm, and they were many indeed. But were they real or were they fake? Only Potemkin, the one-eyed giant, knew for sure- and he...
View Articlecatherine: rule by parlor trick
1787. Catherine’s triumphal tour to the Crimea. Catherine’s boat ride. The Empress was showing off the wonders of her realm, and they were many indeed. But were they real or were they fake. Only...
View Articlecatherine: search for golden pheasants
Catherine’s boat ride. It was 1787 and the Empress was showing off the wonders of her realm, which were many indeed. Question was, were they real,or fake? Only General Potemkin, the one-eyed giant,...
View Articlecatherine: nothing exceeds like excess
Catherine the Great’s boat ride of 1787. The splendors of the Russian empire or hastily erected Potemkin villages with throngs of cheering serfs…… …But the limited, exacting existence of the court had...
View Articlelove boats
It was Catherine the Great’s triumphant boat ride of 1787 to the Crimea and it was the longest, most lavish , most expensive boating party in world history. Whether all the wonders of her realm...
View Articleluxury cruise: Catherine in first class
Catherine the Great and her triumphal Crimean tour in 1787. The legend of the Potemkin village. A reality or stab at the Russians. Only Potemkin knew for sure and he never said… …At Kaidek Catherine...
View Articlecatherine: utopia and voyage of the slandered
Catherine the Great and her triumphal tour to the far reaches of her realm in 1787. The European guests were impressed, though some less than others. A Potemkin village? … …The little towns viewed from...
View Articlecatherine: 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,...
View Articlecatherine and the cultural show
The enduring myth of the Potemkin village. It began with Catherine The Great,s boat ride down the Dnieper in 1787, to celebrate her triumphal tour of the Crimea and the new and greater Russia. The...
View Articleturgenev and the serfs: “baptised property”
…Vavara Petrovna, Turgenev’s mother, had her office furnished like a court of law, with her portrait behind the dais in a pose reminiscent of Catherine The Great. Here the serfs were dealt rough, often...
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