Show Notes
After featuring in 36 episodes, Catherine who had transformed Russia has departed the scene.
Which means that the 42 year old, father of 8, Pavel or Paul Petrovich Romanov is now the emperor of all the Russias.
Today, we’ll be taking a look a look back at what made Paul the man he was and we’ll also be covering the first couple of years of his reign to see how he dealt with his mother’s legacy
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