Catherine the Great (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Julia Leikin and comedian David Mitchell to learn all about the life of Catherine II of Russia, better known as Catherine the Great. Catherine’s story is full of contradictions and ambiguities. She was a German princess who became empress of all Russia, a ruler who believed in Enlightenment philosophy but championed imperial expansion, and a sexually open woman in the patriarchal eighteenth century. From her childhood in Germany through her marriage to the heir to the Russian throne and eventual coup against his rule, this episode charts the twists and turns of Catherine’s life, and asks what kind of ruler she really was.

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Hosted by: Greg Jenner Research by: Jon Mason Written by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse, and Greg Jenner Produced by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Senior Producer: Emma Nagouse

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0:54.3	Sir John in 18th century St. Petersburg as we learn all about Empress Catherine
0:58.5	the second of Russia, also known as Catherine the Great. And to help us, we have two great guests.
1:04.7	In History Corner, she is based at Royal Holloway,
1:07.0	University of London, where she lectures
1:08.7	on modern European and Russian history.
1:10.9	It's Dr Julia Lakin.
1:12.0	Welcome, Julia. Hello, thank you for Lakin. Welcome Julia.
1:12.8	Hello, thank you for having me.
1:14.6	Pleasure.
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