Empress of Ambition: Catherine the Great

Part of Icons of Power

2006•1h 30m

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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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Cast

Alla Oding

Catherine the Great

Nicholas Schatzki

Narrator

Irina Malinovskaya

Young Catherine

Stepan Abramov

Tsar Peter III

Pavel Ryabenkov

Emelian Pugachev

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