Empress of Ambition: Catherine the Great

Dec 17, 2006

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

National Geographic: Icons of Power - Empress of Ambition documents the life and reign of Russia's Catherine the Great, widely considered one of the most controversial rulers in the history of the world.

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Documentary

History

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National Geographic

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Cast

Catherine the Great

Alla Oding

Narrator

Nicholas Schatzki

Young Catherine

Irina Malinovskaya

Tsar Peter III

Stepan Abramov

Emelian Pugachev

Pavel Ryabenkov

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