Princess Tarakanova
Russia, 1775. Count Orlov writes a letter to Empress Catherine II the Great in which he denounces Princess Tarakanova as a traitor and pretender to the throne.
Russia, 1775. Count Orlov writes a letter to Empress Catherine II the Great in which he denounces Princess Tarakanova as a traitor and pretender to the throne.
V. Mikulina
Princess Tarakanova
N. Aleksandrova
Catherine the Great
Nikolai Vekov
Count Orlov
S. Lazarev
Prince Golitsyn
Nikolai Vasilyev
Prince Potyomkin
F. Semkovskiy
Admiral Greig
Anatoliy Rzhanov
Count Aleksey Tolstoy
Nadezhda Nelskaya
Francesca de Meshade
Russia, 1775. Count Orlov writes a letter to Empress Catherine II the Great in which he denounces Princess Tarakanova as a traitor and pretender to the throne.
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