Оксана Науменко

Many years later, a man recalls his youth—and looks back on an unforgettable first love cut short by the outbreak of the Second World War.

The history of the formation of the personality of the Catherine the Great from the moment of her arrival in Russia as the bride of Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich to her ascension to the Russian throne. Almost 20 years of palace intrigues, conspiracies, power struggles and personal dramas.