It is well overdue that this particular rumour about Russian empress Catherine the Great is sent to the glue factory ...
In 1745, after being received into the Russian Orthodox Church, and changing her name to Catherine, she married Grand Duke Peter, grandson of Peter the Great and heir to the Russian throne.
The king of Spain, Charles III, presented Minister John Jay with a horse. To combat potential ... Jones was offered a command in the Russian navy by Catherine the Great, who sought his expertise ...