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Vanora Bennett looks at five influential women in Russia's history.

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Russia in Five Babushka Dolls: Series 1: Catherine the Great

09/10/2017

Catherine the Great

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BBC Radio 4 - Russia in Five Babushka Dolls, Series 1, Catherine the Great

Vanora Bennett looks at one of the longest-lasting rulers of the European Enlightenment.

Vanora Bennett looks at five influential women in Russia's history, starting with Catherine the Great, one of the greatest and longest-lasting rulers of the European Enlightenment.

The Russian doll, that iconic, and rather kitsch, piece of classic folk art, expresses a profound vision of Russian life. The political ones, offering a sly joke about the continuity of a country that also prides itself on revolutionary change, are almost all men, yet women have played their part in Russian history too. 

Vanora Bennett chooses five influential women in Russia's history, starting with one of the greatest and longest-lasting rulers of the European Enlightenment who is remembered as reigning Russia in its golden age: Catherine the Great.

Producer Mark Rickards.

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