13 May 1994
Queen Margot
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.
Empress of Ambition: Catherine the Great
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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Alla Oding Catherine the Great
Nicholas Schatzki Narrator
Irina Malinovskaya Young Catherine
Степан Абрамов Tsar Peter III
Pavel Ryabenkov Emelian Pugachev
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