
Boring History For Sleep | Catherine the Great 👑 Russia’s Most Unexpected Empress
Published 10/31/2025
🕯️👑 Catherine the Great didn’t inherit the throne—she took it. A German princess turned Russian empress, she outsmarted her enemies, rewrote the empire’s future, and managed to rule longer (and smarter) than most kings. Behind the portraits and scandals was a woman obsessed with art, philosophy,…
