Catherine the Great: One Night Made You a Count. 23 Men Who Gambled Everything

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In this video I will tell you about the most scandalous empress in Russian history whose intimate life remained a mystery for over two hundred years. You will learn what the KGB archives revealed after the Soviet Union collapsed.

In this episode you will learn:

Who were the 23 official lovers of Catherine the Great and what each received

The secret marriage to Potemkin discovered in sealed KGB archives in 1991

How one-third of the imperial budget was spent maintaining lovers

The bizarre arrangement where her secret husband selected her other lovers

What really happened on November 5th, 1796 and the truth behind the myths

How 72 million rubles were distributed among favorites across 34 years of reign

All facts have been carefully checked against declassified archival documents. I have collected evidence from KGB vaults, personal diaries, and financial ledgers so that you can form your own opinion about the woman who ruled Russia with unprecedented power and loved with absolute freedom.

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00:00:00 - Funeral silence of the Winter Palace
00:00:54 - Catherine the Great’s favourites
00:01:52 - Unveiling the secrets
00:04:53 - Catherine’s origins
00:09:41 - Proposal from Russia
00:12:29 - Meeting the fiancé
00:16:07 - Conversion and betrothal
00:18:33 - Nine years without intimacy
00:21:49 - Appearance of Saltykov
00:25:38 - Pregnancy and birth of Paul
00:27:06 - Catherine and Peter III
00:29:03 - Appearance of Grigory Orlov
00:31:19 - The Orlovs’ conspiracy
00:33:15 - Reward for Grigory Orlov
00:37:52 - Consequences of refusing Orlov
00:40:36 - Appearance of Potemkin
00:45:55 - Secret marriage
00:47:47 - Jealousy and the system of favourites
00:56:32 - Alexander Lansky
00:59:38 - Betrayal and the rise of Zubov
01:04:25 - Conflict with Potemkin
01:05:13 - Death of Potemkin
01:07:09 - Illness and death of Catherine
01:08:53 - Paul’s revenge
01:13:27 - Opening of the archives and legacy