Dominic Sandbrook: The gangster’s crimes
During the first weeks of 1787, an extraordinary procession set out from St Petersburg. Catherine the Great, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, had decided it was time to visit her people.
During the first weeks of 1787, an extraordinary procession set out from St Petersburg. Catherine the Great, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, had decided it was time to visit her people.