Catherine The Great Leo Vronsky

Peter s real mistress was a woman named elizaveta vorontsova while catherine had a series of lovers the first being an officer named sergei.
Catherine the great leo vronsky. She came to power following a coup d état that overthrew her husband peter iii under her reign russia was revitalised. Catherine flanked by orlov and her growing. Her string of affairs became so famous that she was tagged as a nymphomaniac by many which further led to the spread of a lot of rumors about her. Catherine ii born sophie of anhalt zerbst.
The great is an american comedy drama television series loosely based on the rise of catherine the great empress of russia all 10 episodes of the first season were released on hulu on may 15 2020. Vigilius eriksen s coronation portrait of catherine the great public domain via wikimedia commons these tensions culminated in a july 9 1762 coup. Leo and georgina are both fictional characters. However catherine did take a lot of lovers over her three decades long reign.
The series stars elle fanning and nicholas hoult as the empress and emperor of russia respectively. The great is hulu s irreverent look at the early life of famed russian monarch catherine the great. Catherine the great russian yekaterina velikaya also called catherine ii russian in full yekaterina alekseyevna original name sophie friederike auguste prinzessin von anhalt zerbst born april 21 may 2 new style 1729 stettin prussia now szczecin poland died november 6 november 17 1796 tsarskoye selo now pushkin near st. He seems to be an amalgam of several of catherine s lovers like sergei saltykov stanislaus poniatowski and grigory orlov.
Playing fast and loose with historic detail the show nevertheless does an accurate job depicting. In july 2020 hulu renewed the series for a second season. No leo voronski was not a real person as far as the recorded history goes. Catherine s suave and educated lover leo is a fictional character.
It grew larger and stronger and was recognised as one of the. Petersburg russia german born empress of russia.